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Nearly $400 million in state economic incentives for an Upper Peninsula copper mine, a Thomas Township solar parts plant and an enormous Genesee County industrial park were given the green light by the House Appropriations Committee Thursday.

For one union representing grocery stackers, cashiers and food packers in West Michigan, its youngest members are 15 years old.

Forty-one percent of Michigan households are living "paycheck to paycheck," and more than 1.1 million families in the state are both employed and considerably poor, a report affiliated with the Michigan Association of United Ways (MAUW) shows.

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be resurfacing 2.1 miles of the Mackinac Bridge, which will take Michigan's largest bridge down to a two-lane highway until May 23

The Baby Boomer generation was the largest generation in United States' history, and that holds true for Michigan. However, researchers question what will fill the population gap left behind