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Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez discusses employers dropping weight-loss drugs from policies countering health insurance rate increases. A group of area small business owners ask the federal government to reform the procurement process. The Federal Reserve meets this week deciding whether to maintain or lower interest rates.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer met with educators at Grand Rapids’ Gerald R. Ford Academic Center Monday focusing on the rising cost of school supplies impacted by tariffs

Governor Gretchen Whitmer met with educators to talk about the rising cost of school supplies due to recent tariffs,Immigration advocates are trying to stop more than a dozen Hmong and Laotian refugees from being deported, and more.

Whitmer’s rare access to Trump as a leading Democrat underscores the political and economic stakes as the president considers escalating tariffs further

The Democratic governor says she has no qualms about working across party lines to get things done for Michigan

The Kindergarten Oral Health Assessment Program enters its second year, some Detroit-based small business owners say the President's tariff strategy is backing them into a corner, Grand Rapids Zine Fest is returning for its 11th year, and more.

Beyond the trickle-down effect the entrepreneurs said tariffs are having on their communities, they said they were tired of the uncertainty around the policies

American Automotive Policy Council president Matt Blunt said Wednesday U.S. companies and workers “are at a disadvantage” because they face a 50% tariff on steel and aluminum and a 25% tariff on parts and finished vehicles not covered under a trade deal with Canada and Mexico

Governor Whitmer says the company is now declining to build its semiconductor plant anywhere within the U.S., partially because of threats of high tariffs

After nearly 100 years, Zeeland-based clock and furniture manufacturer Howard Miller will cease operations next year due in part to tariffs