The Michigan Senate approves legislation allowing Mackinac Island to regulate all aspects of ferry service — including prices.
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A year after $500M grant to shift Lansing plant to EVs, GM mum on plans
EVs were planned for Lansing’s oldest General Motors factory, but will market moves and federal policy change that? GM won’t say.
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Mackinac Island fears ‘economic strangulation’ by ferry. Will Lansing step in?
A Florida company has acquired all the ferry operations to the island and raised prices to the tourism Mecca. An Up North legislator wants to give the island more control.
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Q&A: Restaurants recover from pandemic, still struggle with profitability
Restaurant employment has rebounded, but owners are still working hard to adjust to inflation and changing customer expectations, says Justin Winslow, executive director of the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association.
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Whitmer’s semiconductor dreams near Flint become nightmare for neighbors
In Mundy Township, Michigan is acquiring and demolishing homes for a megasite, while opposition is growing to the plan that has already cost taxpayers $260 million. ‘It’s no way to live.’
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Bill Ford: Federal EV policy changes ‘imperil’ $2B Michigan EV factory
On Mackinac Island, the Ford Motor Co. chair says it’s ‘not fair’ that tax changes are coming atop tariffs that prompted a $1.5B loss for the automaker.
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Survey: Health care costs stymying small business growth in Michigan
Pharma and hospital prices are driving increases that threaten to stall Michigan’s economy, companies told the Small Business Association of Michigan.
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Michigan gives Wolverine Worldwide $1M for office rehab amid PFAS cleanup
Shoe maker Wolverine Worldwide expects to move up to 100 workers to Michigan, where it also is working with the state on widespread PFAS cleanup.
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Photos: See history of Willow Run, from B-24 bomber and engines to bankruptcy
The Willow Run bomber plant helped the US win World War II and was later a transmission plant for General Motors. Can it find a third act as a mobility hub?
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Michigan sunk $67M into self-driving car test track. Now, some fear bankruptcy
The American Center for Mobility at the old Willow Run bomber plant was supposed to position Michigan on the vanguard of auto technology. Now, it’s in forbearance on a $35 million loan, and an audit warns bankruptcy is an option.