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Recent Stories
Latest news from around Northern Michigan, the State of Michigan and the Nation/World
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The state says Michigan's unemployment rate fell 0.3 percentage points to 8.5 percent in the latest month, as number of people working rose while the number of jobless people shrank.
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Despite signs of economic recovery, hiring remains too weak to rapidly reduce the number of those unemployed.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
While Michigan's unemployment rate rose last month, three regions in Northern Michigan all saw unemployment rates fall.
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Friday, April 06, 2012
US hiring slows in March as employers add just 120,000 jobs, unemployment rate dips to 8.2 percent
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Unemplyment rate is at its lowest level in three years
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Are you feeling more confident about the state's economy? Or do you think there is something else behind the lower unemployment numbers? Tell us what you think!
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Michigan lawmakers are nearing a decision that would allow 35,000 currently jobless state residents to continue receiving extended federal unemployment benefits.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
After Obama's big speech, Republicans return to work to cut government spending
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Analysis: On a political salvage mission, Obama pursues votes in states with high unemployment
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged down to 13 percent in September, the lowest rate since March 2009.
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Friday, September 03, 2010
Private employers hired more workers over the past three month than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy. But the unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
New requests for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, the first decline in a month and a hopeful sign after a raft of negative economic reports.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Employers appear to be laying off workers again as applications for unemployment insurance reached the half-million mark last week for the first time since November.
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Friday, August 06, 2010
President Barack Obama is hailing the seventh straight month of private job creation as a good sign for the economy. But he says the progress "needs to come faster."
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