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The debate over the economic costs of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has raged for months. But a new study by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment…

The coronavirus pandemic could have lasting effects on how people work.Tim Bartik is a senior economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment…

Michigan has seen a 1,500-percent increase in unemployment claims because of the coronavirus outbreak. Businesses are limiting hours or closing. But the…

The corona virus outbreak now seems likely to trigger a recession. But an senior economist in Kalamazoo says there are ways to reduce the long-term…

(MPRN-Lansing) Students need more options outside of traditional, college-track education. That’s the thought behind new legislation scheduled to be…

(MPRN-Lansing) Democrats in Lansing and President Donald Trump may have finally found an issue they can agree on – paid sick leave. During his first joint…

(MPRN-Lansing) There’s a fight brewing in the Legislature over compensation for people wrongly accused of ripping off the state’s unemployment…

(MPRN-Lansing) A group of experts will try to figure out how a state computer glitch wrongly accused thousands of people of fraud. Between October of 2013…

As the economy has recovered from the Great Recession, Upjohn Institute Economist Brad Hershbein says many workers have discovered they need more skills…

The latest report on West Michigan’s economy shows it’s still growing. The Director of Supply Chain Management Research at Grand Valley State University…