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Rachel May, a 35-year-old bartender at Applebee's, opposes Michigan phasing out its tipping system. She wants state officials to know she chose to be part of the tipped worker industry, and "we're not some poor little servants that are underpaid."

A new Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) survey shows businesses are still worried about inflation while also having anxiety over an increase in labor costs because of laws set to take effect in February.

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.