Steel wire manufacturer says tariffs have boosted business for his operations in Michigan: ‘The math has just totally changed’ President Trump’s tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos and other foreign products have been aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing Critics argue the president’s trade strategy is raising costs for consumers and causing uncertainty for small businesses For […]
Michigan voters increasingly say the economy is weakening, according to a new poll by the Detroit Regional Chamber Voters fear that tariffs are to blame for higher costs of staples such as groceries Support for the tariffs and concern about the economy are split among party affiliations Nearly 60% of Michigan voters believe the economy […]
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 […]
Swartz Creek schools voted not to accept a $40 million offer for an elementary building The developer of the Flint-area megasite seeks the property and would use a portion of its $261 million in state funds to buy it The offer came two years after negotiations that did not reach the full board until May, […]
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 […]
Lawmakers demand answers from a failed, $175 million deal with EV battery maker Gotion Steps are underway to recoup $23.5 million in taxpayer funding, but it’s unclear what the money was spent on. Questions about how the deal unwinds also include whether the state can foreclose and regain the 270 acres it bought.LANSING — Michigan […]
On a recent Friday afternoon, Marie Richards sat in her living room in northern Michigan. She was having a hard time talking about her job at the US Forest Service in the past tense. “I absolutely loved my job,” she said. “I didn’t want to go.” Richards, a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe […]
LANSING – As educators across Michigan work to improve children’s early literacy skills, local schools and the Michigan Department of Education are celebrating March is Reading Month. Today State Superintendent Dr. Michael F. Rice visited a second-grade classroom at Parchment School District’s Central Elementary School in Kalamazoo County. He read “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout” by […]
The Trump administration has halted a $15 million Social Security study that involved the University of Michigan, whose president warns more cuts are likely that will have “serious repercussions” on the school’s budget. The Social Security Administration announced Friday it was ending cooperative agreements with research centers “addressing DEI in Social Security, retirement, and disability policy.” The Michigan […]
Michigan State University stands to lose as much as $23 million a year in federal grants as a result of President Donald Trump’s steep cuts to the US Agency for International Development. Project leads received a series of termination notices Wednesday for federally funded MSU programs aimed at improving higher education and researching agricultural best […]