Michigan employers announced 1,677 layoffs during the second quarter of 2026 as the EV slowdown, higher fuel prices, corporate consolidation and weaker consumer demand hit industries across the state. LANSING - Michigan employers announced 1,677 layoffs during the second quarter of 2026 as the state’s economy absorbed blows from the electric-vehicle slowdown, higher fuel prices,
DETROIT — Canada's new retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products took effect Tuesday, putting Michigan jobs, small businesses, manufacturers, farmers and potentially grocery bills directly in the middle of an escalating trade war with the state's largest foreign customer. For Michigan workers, the most immediate concern is jobs. Michigan exports support an estimated 230,000 jobs, including
Every arrest in California sets off a chain of decisions that can shape the rest of a case, and the numbers show just how often this happens. In 2025 alone, California recorded more than 112,000 DUI arrests statewide, while Alameda County logged close to 24,000 arrests out of the state's 780,000-plus total. Behind each of
About 77 percent of Michigan homes rely on natural gas for heat. As families finish a summer of $4 gasoline, the prolonged Iran war raises another pocketbook question: What happens to heating bills this winter? ANN ARBOR — Michigan families are ending the summer driving season paying more than $4 a gallon for gasoline. Now
WASHINGTON DC - American workers are earning bigger paychecks than when President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025. But after accounting for inflation, much of that increase has disappeared. Energy costs have risen sharply. Food and housing cost more. Mortgage rates remain near 7 percent. And in Michigan, the labor force
The U.S.-Iran war has helped drive diesel prices to record territory, creating another inflation threat for Michigan as higher fuel costs ripple through trucking, agriculture, manufacturing and eventually consumer prices. LANSING - Michigan consumers may be watching gasoline prices this Labor Day weekend. Michigan businesses should be watching diesel. The national average price of diesel
U.S. cannabis retailers face a staggering 54.6% budtender turnover rate, with nearly one in four new hires leaving within their first month. A new approach could give Michigan and Ohio cannabis companies a powerful tool to keep good employees longer — while potentially increasing workers' take-home pay and reducing employer payroll costs. ANN ARBOR -
Michigan has hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers. Small businesses say they still can't find qualified people to hire. New employment data help explain why both things can be true at the same time. LANSING - Michigan appears to have a labor-market contradiction. The state's unemployment rate stood at 4.9% in July, compared with 4.1%
Michigan hemp businesses have been given another month before sweeping new federal restrictions threaten many currently legal CBD products. But there's a catch: Congress now must find a solution during a potentially chaotic lame-duck session after the Nov. 3 midterm elections. WASHINGTON DC - President Donald Trump has signed a stopgap federal spending bill that
The connection between casino games and the rest of gaming did not begin with smartphones or modern browsers. Go back to the arcade era and many of the ideas are already there: bright visual feedback, instantly understandable controls, short rounds and sounds that tell the player something happened before they have even looked at the
