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January's Supply Chain Management Research survey indicates West and Southwest Michigan’s manufacturing economies continued their softening trend for a third straight month.

Michigan power crews head to Arkansas, GR secures funding for Monroe North, sidewalk snow removal, Transplant House, classroom cell phone ban, and more

The state’s overall labor force fell by around 9,000 workers as people retire or get discouraged from the job hunt

The report is missing one month’s data due to the federal government shutdown in October, which also delayed the survey

The increased benefit comes as Michigan’s jobless rate is expected to go up

The September data exist, but it has not been shared with states because the people who would do that are furloughed

While the number of payroll jobs remained steady, the unemployment percentage was affected by about 14,000 fewer people holding or seeking jobs

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.

The Grand Rapids NAACP chapter is urging members to confront environmental racism, despite community pushback a faith-based nonprofit supporting the unhoused in northwest Grand Rapids is expanding services, and more.

The number of unemployed people in Michigan actually increased slightly last month, but the labor force declined by about the same number