Detroit Free Press Dec. 7, 2021 Paul Egan The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association will issue $3 billion in auto insurance refunds — $400 per insured vehicle — to Michigan drivers, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Department of Insurance and Financial Services announced Tuesday. Drivers are …

Michigan voters say the state is not competitive for economic development and needs investments to boost job growth, according to results of a statewide survey released Tuesday by three business organizations.

Sandy K. Baruah, president and chief executive officer of the Chamber, joined Paul W. Smith on WJR to discuss economic development in Michigan.

A bipartisan group of Michigan members of Congress on Thursday again urged U.S. House and Senate leaders to make sure that funding for semiconductor research and production — vital to the state’s automakers — be approved as part of legislation that may soon become the focus of final negotiations.

Michigan’s minimum wage rate will increase to $9.87 on January 1, 2022, an increase from the current $9.65. Michigan’s Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act of 2018 establishes the annual schedule and increases. The Michigan Wage & Hour Division announced that while the law …