The newly renamed Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Economic Development and Lifelong Learning had its first budget hearing, during which Chair Will Snyder (D-Muskegon) asked more about the difference between Michigan Marketing and Pure Michigan funding.

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

Although Democrats aim to make wide-reaching investments in "Projects, People and Places" as part of their economic strategy, one might wonder, what good is an economic incentive if there's expected to be 83,000 fewer Americans moving to Michigan in the future?

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 05/31/2023) (MACKINAC ISLAND) – Ramping up the revitalization of brownfield and abandoned properties while creating a fund of federal money for clean energy and semiconductor projects are key efforts to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's "Make It In Michigan" economic strategy.

(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.