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Sponsored Content By Genus Credit Services PINCKNEY - Michigan's cannabis industry generated more than $3 billion in sales in 2025 and supports hundreds of dispensaries, cultivators and processors across the state. Ohio's adult-use cannabis market has quickly surpassed $1 billion in sales since recreational marijuana was legalized. Yet despite the size of these markets, many
Depleted global oil inventories and historically low U.S. emergency reserves could keep pressure on fuel prices for months ANN ARBOR – Michigan drivers may finally be getting some relief at the gas pump, but don't expect prices to return to pre-war levels anytime soon. Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said in
GRAND RAPIDS – As artificial intelligence reshapes industries, cyberattacks become more sophisticated, and the digital gaming industry continues its explosive growth, colleges across Michigan are rethinking how they prepare students for the jobs of the future. Aquinas College is the latest institution to adapt, announcing three new technology-focused majors that will launch in Fall 2026:
State projects tens of thousands of skilled trades openings as data centers, power projects and manufacturing expansions compete for workers LANSING — Michigan leaders want the state to become a major player in the artificial intelligence economy. Developers are proposing massive data centers. Utilities are planning billions of dollars in grid upgrades. The Palisades nuclear
ANN ARBOR — As artificial intelligence floods the internet with generic content and shrinking attention spans make visibility harder than ever, two veteran Michigan business journalists are launching a boutique executive communications and thought leadership agency designed to help companies “own the conversation” in their industries. Longtime technology journalists Mike Brennan and Matt Roush have
LANSING - Michigan’s innovation economy faces a growing competitiveness problem: Michigan ranks 32nd nationally in early- and growth-stage startup funding, according to a 2025 innovation scorecard from Business Leaders for Michigan. Leading innovation states including California, Washington and Colorado have grown their innovation economies at “twice the rate or more of Michigan” over the past
LANSING — Michigan teenagers searching for summer jobs in 2026 could face a more competitive labor market than in recent years, even as hourly wages continue climbing across many entry-level industries. A new forecast released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget projects roughly 252,500 teens ages 16 to 19 will participate in
ANN ARBOR - Three of the nation’s largest cannabis operators — Cresco Labs, Green Thumb Industries, and Verano Holdings — have been named in a sweeping federal class-action lawsuit that alleges violations of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), consumer fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and other claims tied to the marketing and sale
ANN ARBOR - A controversial proposal to build a major natural gas-fired power plant on farmland outside Ann Arbor may signal the beginning of a much larger transformation now reshaping Michigan’s economy, energy grid, and political landscape. What initially appears to be a local land-use dispute is increasingly tied to a national race to build
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan’s economy continued to expand in April, but rising oil prices, tariff uncertainty and growing fears about a broader national slowdown are beginning to cloud the outlook across the entire state of Michigan. That was the takeaway from the latest monthly industrial survey by Grand Valley State University economist Brian Long,
