Rising Federal Debt And Interest Costs Could Hit Michigan Retirees, Businesses And Rural Communities Particularly Hard WASHINGTON — The U.S. national debt crossed $40 trillion for the first time this week, doubling in roughly a decade and raising a much more personal question for Michigan residents and businesses: Who ultimately pays the bill? The answer
LG Energy Solution Starts Production At Lansing Battery Plant As AI Power Demand Opens A Second Market For Michigan’s EV Investments LANSING — Michigan spent billions of dollars and years of economic-development effort preparing for an electric-vehicle revolution. Now the explosive growth of artificial intelligence may give some of those investments a second — and
WASHINGTON — The federal government's long-running effort to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III has entered another critical stage — potentially opening the door to major federal tax relief for cannabis businesses in Michigan and Ohio without legalizing recreational marijuana nationwide. The Drug Enforcement Administration is urging Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek Julius
Michigan's mature marijuana market continues to offer some of the cheapest cannabis in the nation, while neighboring Ohio consumers are paying substantially more — and now face legal consequences if they bring their Michigan purchases home. LANSING — Michigan marijuana consumers continued buying some of America's least expensive legal cannabis in July, while just across
As technology giants make trillions of dollars in long-term commitments to build artificial intelligence infrastructure, Michigan is making its own bet on the AI boom — offering tax incentives, approving massive data centers and preparing an electric grid to serve them. The payoff could mean billions in investment and thousands of construction jobs. But what
MVCA's VentureTrack 2026 will train Michigan's next generation of venture investors as the state tries to turn research and startups into companies producing high-paying jobs. Michigan's $56 billion bioscience industry shows what's at stake. ANN ARBOR — Michigan has nearly 48,000 bioscience jobs paying an average $110,204 a year. A statewide effort to train more
Michigan drivers are paying $1.13 a gallon more than a year ago as Middle East turmoil and tight global refinery capacity keep fuel prices elevated. A 15-gallon fill-up now costs nearly $64, adding another bread-and-butter issue for voters heading toward the November midterm elections. LANSING — Michigan motorists are getting hammered at the gas pump
GM is slowing parts of its electric-vehicle transition while protecting profitable gasoline vehicles and preserving enough EV capacity to respond if the market changes. But that strategy creates another risk: Could Detroit lose technological ground to China while Michigan auto workers wait to see where the next generation of jobs will be created? DETROIT —
Wood Mackenzie Says Oil Shocks Could Accelerate Global EV Adoption As Detroit Confronts A Very Different American Transition MICHIGAN'S NEXT ECONOMY DETROIT — Michigan has roughly $28 billion in announced electric vehicle and battery investments riding on the future of transportation. Right now, American consumers aren't following the script. Battery-electric vehicles accounted for only about
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP — The University of Michigan is moving toward building a $1.25 billion high-performance computing and artificial intelligence research complex in Ypsilanti Township, putting Washtenaw County at the center of another massive computing investment — but raising questions about jobs, taxes, electricity, water and local control. U-M and Los Alamos National Laboratory are developing
