Business Watch

Michigan’s largest utility company, Consumers Energy, is seeking a $248 million rate increase. If it’s approved, customers’ bills would increase in late 2025.

As transportation evolves, job growth needs to focus on the full range of mobility employment, a new report from MichAuto says.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to increase funding to lure big projects to Michigan, but EV battery plants heavily subsidized by Michigan so far have created far fewer than the 11,000 jobs they promised.

After two years of drought-like conditions in Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula, ski resorts are starting to see things turn around.

The US Department of Agriculture has ordered dairy farms, milk transporters and processors to submit raw milk samples on request to test for the H5N1 bird flu virus.

The Ultium Cells factory near Lansing received nearly $200 million in public subsidies. Partner LG Energy Solutions has until 2030 to meet hiring goals.

Michigan’s surplus sale is Friday: Inventory isn’t just excess office furniture. Shoppers also will find unused toys, cast-iron pans and forehead thermometers left over from the pandemic.

Bankruptcies took two ships out of the Great Lakes this year, but the cruise industry will make more port stops on more voyages starting in spring.

A pair of new reports on the state's economy show stagnation. But in Michigan, avoiding further declines can be a win.

Most of the 1,000 jobs were cut from the GM Tech Center in Warren. It’s the second layoff round there in months.

New local, state and federal officials raise questions about funding for potential $55B deal.

Several proposals have not crossed the finish line in this session, including a $6 billion plan that could fund large-scale incentives for 10 years.

Northern Michigan University’s new president plans to strengthen economic ties between the school and Marquette.

The industry has faced drastic price drops since a 2021 peak.

Marquette is changing fast. Check out these then-and-now photos chronicling the differences and send us photos of the city.

Overrun by visitors, the city stops marketing some of its most famous attractions and launches an etiquette campaign. ‘We have a love-hate relationship with the tourism industry,’ one Marquette official says.

Growth and change has come fast to the Upper Peninsula’s biggest city, along with a new rallying cry: ‘Don’t Traverse City my Marquette.”

Michigan is mired at 39th among states in income, continuing a long decline after once being among the top 10 in states, new data shows.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $2 million to Michigan farmers who cultivate specialty crops.

Michigan’s cherry growers impacted by a mild winter, early spring and heavy rainfall prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare 11 counties natural or contiguous disaster areas.