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LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget today released its summer teen employment forecast for June–August 2024. The Michigan labor market has continued to add jobs each year since 2020, and the unemployment rate has remained low overall. This is positive news for teens looking for work in the coming months, some for the first time, as they search for summer employment. Recent annual trends have shown that more teens have sought and found jobs each summer, and a similar outcome is expected in 2024.

Tony Conley is a newer content contributor and show host for Michigan Business Network. To wrap up his seventy-first episode, Tony has a three-segment conversation about the golf industry in Michigan, across the USA and world, inspiration to coach, and getting those further into life, out onto the golf course. 

He welcomes back Bill Mory who after spending 13 years as the Head Professional and Director of Golf at Walnut Hills Country Club in East Lansing, MI his wife Karen and he purchased Meridian Sun Golf Club in Haslett, MI (formerly Pine Lake Golf Course) in February 2000.

to support employment opportunities for Michiganders with disabilities

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) partnered with CVS Health and Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit on Wednesday, joining local community members, business leaders and stakeholders to discuss Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s FY25 budget recommendations that support employment opportunities for Michiganders with disabilities.

Applications for cycle 2 of Going PRO Talent Fund open on April 22

LANSING, Mich. —The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) today announced applications have opened for cycle 2 of the Going PRO Talent Fund. Michigan businesses can apply to receive a share of at least $11 million in funding to help them train, develop and retain current and newly hired employees.

Applications for cycle 2 of Going PRO Talent Fund open on April 22

LANSING, Mich. —The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) today announced applications have opened for cycle 2 of the Going PRO Talent Fund. Michigan businesses can apply to receive a share of at least $11 million in funding to help them train, develop and retain current and newly hired employees.