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Pure Michigan? That was yesterday's marketing message for tourists.

The June unemployment rate has reached the fourth lowest point in the state since 1976, and matched the national rate of 3.6% for the second consecutive month, according to data from the Department of Technology, Management and Budget.

The Michigan Public Service Commission Friday launched an investigation into Consumers Energy amid customers' complaints about meter malfunctions, billing practices and delays in new service installations.

The Senate Labor Committee took testimony Wednesday on legislation that unweaves a Snyder-era ban and would allow local governments to adopt ordinances setting higher minimum wage rates and better benefits than those existing statewide.

Michigan's unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.7% in May, marking the first time the state’s jobless rate matched the national rate since June 2018.