After the Trump administration announced it would pause trillions of dollars in payments to federal grant and loan programs, clean energy groups warned such a move could harm those bearing the brunt of climate change and threaten Michigan’s burgeoning clean energy industry.
Mothering Justice hosted a press conference and rally on the Michigan State Capitol steps denouncing proposed cuts to the Earned Sick Time Act.
While President Donald Trump took aim at the electric vehicle industry this week, there is still optimism about the industry's future in Michigan, a state retooling from America's most recognizable auto hub to its number one destination for electric vehicle investment.
With less than a month remaining until new minimum wage and paid sick leave laws are set to take effect, the GOP-led Michigan House continued to fast track two bills that would roll back some of the changes.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is renewing her pledge for bipartisanship—and warning against tariffs that could threaten the future of Michigan’s automotive industry.
The State Board of Education has called on state leaders to increase investment in career and technical education (CTE) programs in order to expand opportunities for students to prepare for high-wage and high-skills careers.
The labor union that represents thousands of nurses and other healthcare professionals at University of Michigan Health-Sparrow has reached a tentative agreement with their employer, effectively averting a planned, five-day strike.
The newly formed Michigan House Select Committee on Protecting Michigan Employees and Small Businesses was filled with workers from across the state who offered their support to bills to undo a mandate to phase out the tipped wage credit and set requirements for paid sick leave that are set to take effect Feb. 21.
Less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office for his second term, two major unions have announced they will reunite to “push back on union-busting and win for working-class families.”
As the state House of Representatives welcomed new Republican leadership to the chamber on Wednesday, the Democratic-led state Senate hit the ground running, introducing 15 bills, with some reviving key debates from the previous legislative session.
