workforce development

A hiring sign is displayed in Wheeling, Ill., Thursday, May 5, 2022. America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher borrowing costs. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Economy

Pro-immigration policies key to revitalizing Michigan's economy, report finds

Anna Busse

A report from the Michigan League for Public Policy found immigrants are key to supporting the state’s economic growth. According to policy experts, immigrants fill labor gaps in key sectors like auto manufacturing and construction.

A clarifying tank at a Michigan drinking water plant.

Environment & Climate Change

Retirements by water and wastewater plant operators are leading to workforce shortages

Lester Graham

Baby boomers are part of a "silver tsunami" of retirements sweeping across the nation's drinking water and wastewater systems.

Economy

MI Works! says 'A Stronger Workforce for America Act’ passed US House Committee, needs tweaks

Katheryne Friske

Michigan Works! workforce development association asks for changes to federal legislation replacing the Workforce Opportunity and Initiative Act.

Politics & Government

New Department of Talent and Economic Development launches

Rick Pluta

Governor Rick Snyder has rolled out a new state department with the job of matching skilled workers with employers.Meet TED. That’s the new state…