$34M in back payments: Nearly 48,000 Michiganders have received retroactive unemployment benefits after the state raised the weekly maximum from $362 to $446 — see if you qualify.
Jordan Deck flips to Michigan: Four-star safety Jordan Deck has decommitted from Baylor and pledged to Michigan, boosting the Wolverines’ No. 10-ranked 2026 class with a top-30 prospect — learn what this adds to Michigan’s recruiting haul.
GM shifts Escalade assembly: General Motors will relocate Cadillac Escalade production from its historic Arlington plant to Orion Assembly in Michigan in early 2027 as part of a recent $4 billion U.S. investment and tariff response — find out how this move reshapes domestic manufacturing.
Michigan child care benefits pilot: Slated to launch this fall, the state program lets providers band together for affordable health, retirement and disability plans to curb turnover and stabilize early education — learn what it offers.
Palisades plant set to restart: The Palisades nuclear plant in southwest Michigan, closed since 2022, is poised to become the first fully shuttered U.S. reactor to reopen this fall with $1.8 billion in federal and state funding amid bipartisan support and Indigenous opposition — learn what’s at stake.
Century-old clockmaker closing: Michigan’s Howard Miller Co., founded in 1926, will wind down operations by early 2026, shuttering its Zeeland HQ and Traverse City plant and laying off 133 employees — find out what’s next.
Other Michigan headlines this week
- Michigan State Police seized $1.82M cocaine load
- Michigan conservation districts plead for state funding
- How this West Michigan town disappeared
- Coalition pushes tax surcharge to save schools
- Scam text poses as Department of Vehicles
- Michigan’s $6B semiconductor plant bid fails
- MPSC approves two transmission lines in Michigan
- Michigan retailers recall 67,214 deodorant products
