Blog tagged as Economic health

For the first time in four years, a majority of Michigan voters (53 percent) say Michigan is on the right track, a survey commissioned by Detroit Regional Chamber found

U.S. Sen. JD Vance called the $500 million U.S. Department of Energy grant that would convert the General Motors Lansing Grand River plant into an electric vehicle manufacturing site “table scraps” at a campaign event Tuesday.

The Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) board Monday supported a nearly $500,000 grant for the business expansion of a medical device manufacturer in Marquette.

A Michigan Center for Data and Analytics report of the labor market and wages across the state showed there were signs that the job market was slowing down.

The Senate Appropriations Committee is considering giving Dow Chemical $120 million in Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) Fund money so it can update its R&D, expand its silicon manufacturing and update the infrastructure at its Michigan Operations Industrial Park in Midland.