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(Source: MIRS.news, Published 6/1/2023) Reporters and supporters of Whitmer's Growing Michigan Together Council crowded onto the Grand Hotel porch Thursday morning to hear Gov. Gretchen Whitmer officially announce the council.

The first panel at the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference was a plea to businesses from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) regarding the need for housing in the state.

Mobile home parks don't always come with the greatest reputations, but in 2023 – with low-to middle-income housing for workers sparse in many areas of the state -- today's manufactured housing communities are emerging as a solution.

Ask anyone on the street how they view the economy, and you’re likely to hear answers riddled with uncertainty.

Michigan's unemployment rate reached 3.8% in April, matching the jobless rate of February 2020, the month before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Department of Technology, Management and Budget.