LANSING - On January 1, 2024, Michigan's minimum wage rate increased from $10.10 to $10.33 per hour as set by Michigan's Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act of 2018 which establishes the annual schedule of increases. Effective January 1, 2024: The minimum hourly wage will increase to $10.33 per hour. The 85% rate for minors aged
TOKYO - Although Toyota expects record growth this fiscal year, it’s cutting its EV sales forecast by nearly 40%. In Toyota’s latest questionable strategy shift, the company will lean into hybrids to “avoid the price competition” in the EV market. Toyota released its Q2 2024 fiscal results Wednesday, showing growth across the board. Through the first half of
WASHINGTON DC - Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said he is 100% sure that the federal government is covering up documents about UFOs — and he’s not alone among members of Congress in trying to push for more information about what could be out there. “We’ve requested documents, we’ve gone to interview pilots and been stonewalled
WASHINGTON DC - In what could be bombshell testimony that leads to a greater push for publishing government documents, a key House committee is preparing for a public hearing on encounters with unidentified flying objects, their origins, and what the federal government has been hiding, if anything. It has both parties and both chambers in
LANSING - The Going PRO Talent Fund is a competitive grant available to Michigan-based companies to provide funding to support upskilling employees or training new employees. Training funded must be short-term and fill a demonstrated talent need experienced by the employer. The training also must lead to a credential that is transferable and recognized by
JACKSON–Consumers Energy announced plans to install 123 new automatic transfer reclosers in 2023 to help prevent power outages and improve electric reliability for customers. The energy provider’s investment in automation is a key part of the company’s overall electric reliability plan that aims to reduce both the number and length of power outages. ATRs are
LANSING - If you were one of the nearly one million Michigan residents to lose electric power during a pair of recent winter storms, you have a chance now to make your voice heard as the Michigan Public Service Commission has scheduled a series of public town hall meetings in Jackson and Dearborn March 20-21.
WASHINGTON DC - The federal government mobilized immediately in response to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, working over the weekend to insure depositors who had more than $200 billion of venture capital and high-tech start-up money stored in the two banks. But unlike the 2008 financial crisis, during which Congress
YPSILANTI – Michigan Works! Southeast announced plans to move their Ypsilanti office to a new location this summer. The workforce development agency will relocate to 1201 E Ellsworth Road, near Stone School Road in the Ann Arbor city limits. The new facility is centrally located within Washtenaw County and will offer more space for career
LANSING - A much-anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy was released on March 2, 2023, and reactions have been widespread across the cybersecurity and defense industries. First, here are some of the highlights from the White House fact sheet on the new National Cybersecurity Strategy: We must rebalance the responsibility to defend cyberspace by shifting the burden for cybersecurity away
