Lindsay VanHulle

Workers in low-wage positions such as manufacturing often have a difficult time saving enough money to make ends meet.

Sakthi Automotive Group USA Inc., has hired 25 convicted felons this year as part of its expansion of its Detroit facility, with positive results.

The state’s low unemployment and booming auto sector are countered by low wages across the state and a lack of college graduates in the workforce

Buffeted by cuts, MEDC is making more of an effort to show Lansing how it is spending advertising money, and what the state will receive in return

Allowing sportsbooks and fantasy sports betting in Michigan would bring millions in added state revenue; money that now goes to an underground market. But would these new laws, if adopted, run afoul of federal law?

A Senate measure would divide purse proceeds between thoroughbred and harness races tracks. But the tracks’ survival may depend on finding new sources of revenue.

Gov. Snyder’s plan for a new Detroit school district would include nearly $100 million in red ink due to debt from employee pensions.

The Senate bill is the latest effort to give highly trained nurses more independence to carry out medical care, particularly in rural areas where there is a shortage of physicians.

Does the success of the state energy mandate make it a no-brainer to keep? Or is it proof that it is no longer needed?