Mackinac Policy Conference - The Business Community’s Changing Role in Polarizing Times
Tuesday, May 31-Friday, June 3
A new round of Comcast RISE Investment funding is now available in Detroit! Comcast RISE is a national effort to uplift and support local businesses hardest hit by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate receded by one-tenth of a percentage point between March and April to 4.3 percent, according to data released today by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget. Statewide employment advanced by 19,000, while total Michigan unemployment fell by 5,000, resulting in a workforce gain of 14,000 during April.
LANSING, Mich. -- Threats to digital devices are everywhere these days, but the State of Michigan is providing a free, easy way for Michiganders to protect themselves with the Michigan Secure mobile application. The award-winning app can detect threats and suspicious activity on mobile devices and notify the user, doing so without collecting or storing any personal information.
Inadequate access to financial resources costs unbanked and underbanked people $3,000 a year, new accounts will save Michiganders money
LANSING, Mich. - Wednesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Open Account Coalition (MOAC) launched a new program to help more Michiganders participate in the state’s growing economy. The MI Open Account program offers certified low-cost accounts from Michigan’s banks and credit unions, saving tens of thousands of Michiganders money by boosting access to financial services.
LANSING, Mich. -- Tuesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo to announce that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Merit Network, Inc. to support the construction of a 70-mile, middle-mile fiber-optic infrastructure.
LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget has released its summer (June–August) teen employment forecast for 2022. As the Michigan labor market continues to recover from the impacts of the pandemic, the demand for workers remains high. Therefore, teens in search of jobs will enter a favorable labor market as they look to find positions in the summer of 2022.
Michigan credit union’s contest provides opportunity for applicantsto plan for financial stability; entry deadline May 6
LANSING, Mich. — There’s still time to enter LAFCU’s contest that will award up to $7,500 in grants for those working to build a better financial life for themselves. The entry deadline is Friday, May 6, 2022.
