Genesee County’s megasite development is still plagued by issues of community trust, residents said at a town hall meeting on Thursday Other residents agree with officials who say that creating jobs is important for the county Yet questions persist over the role of state incentives funding the purchase of 1,300 acres for private industry FLINT […]
Michigan’s prosperity metrics continue to lag the nation’s A new report offers a roadmap to the next governor, offering strategies that could markedly improve the state Business Leaders for Michigan, which authored the report, urges focus on education, the workforce and business fundamentals Michigan’s next governor will need to turn around the state with unifying […]
A University of Michigan report predicts the US job market should increase in 2026 Michigan will lose jobs while unemployment ticks higher over the same timeframe Economists say it’s because the state’s aging population will leave it without enough workers to grow After years of warnings that Michigan’s aging workforce would harm its economy, the […]
CHELSEA — Old Brick Farm, where Larry Doll raises chickens, turkeys and ducks, was fortunate this Thanksgiving season. Doll’s small farm west of Detroit had no cases of bird flu, despite an ongoing outbreak that killed more than 2 million U.S. turkeys in the last three months alone. He also avoided another disease, avian metapneumovirus, which causes […]
The final City Council formal session of the year was a big day for Detroit sports. The council approved tax breaks and other procedural steps needed for the Detroit City FC soccer stadium and a riverfront WNBA practice facility. The two projects, valued at nearly $300 million when combined, reflect successes and limitations of the […]
Cassandra Thomas never would’ve thought a disagreement with her husband over the menu for Thanksgiving dinner one year would be the catalyst for an almost 40-year-old sweet potato business. When Cassandra and Jeffery Thomas spent their first Thanksgiving together as a married couple in 1976, he wanted his wife to make candied sweet potatoes for […]
Michigan farmland prices per acre increased more than any other state last year. Converting the land to development sites appears to be a cause for the jump. The average prices per acre in Michigan is $6,800, while development land could yield $30,000 or far more per acre Michigan farm property values are going gangbusters, rising […]
Stellantis says it will invest $13 billion over the next four years to expand its manufacturing capacity in the United States, a move that the automaker says will increase its domestic vehicle production by 50% and add more than 5,000 jobs. The world’s fourth-largest carmaker said Tuesday the investment will support the introduction of five new vehicles, […]
Michigan economic officials say the Gotion project near Big Rapids is dead The state had spent $23.6 million in land for the project and will try to recoup those costs ‘This is not the outcome we hoped for,’ Michigan officials say Gotion Inc.’s plans to build a $2.4 billion electric vehicle battery plant near Big […]
With the end of SOAR and cuts to job-growth funding, lawmakers say they will retool economic development incentives by year-end. The effort follows ‘bad deals’ as the state pledged billions to jobs that barely materialized Officials expect to reward a wider group of businesses with no more up-front payments LANSING — Lawmakers may seek to overhaul […]