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After years of steady growth, marijuana sales are down, while the number of dispensaries and plants in the ground are increasing. The industry is at a ‘saturation point,’ one says.

Small towns near Indiana and Wisconsin are home to an outsized number of pot dispensaries. That’s helped prop up some community budgets but some wonder at what cost.

Michigan’s failed $6.2 billion bid to launch a semiconductor plant in Genesee County has renewed debate about corporate incentives. Gov. Whitmer says the president promised her Michigan will ‘get an even better deal.’

Alcohol sales have declined in the past year. The response from bar owners? Boozeless brunch, NA beers and mocktails.

State documents show that Michigan was willing to exchange billions in cash and tax breaks to land a proposed semiconductor manufacturing complex near Flint. The company pulled the plug instead.

Michigan used taxpayer subsidies to try to land a $63 billion deal with Sandisk. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer now says that won’t happen.

Pending legislation would make it easier to build crypto mines in Michigan. One Upper Peninsula community knows the mines don’t always make good neighbors.

Crypto’s gone increasingly mainstream, but many still don’t understand how the financial technology works. We’re here to help.

After fears of losing tax credits vital to the project, the Dearborn automaker saves tens of millions of dollars through a revision to Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill.’

Data gives glimpse into how Michigan is faring so far in 2025.

The Michigan Senate approves legislation allowing Mackinac Island to regulate all aspects of ferry service — including prices.

EVs were planned for Lansing’s oldest General Motors factory, but will market moves and federal policy change that? GM won’t say.

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.

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.

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.’

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.

Pharma and hospital prices are driving increases that threaten to stall Michigan’s economy, companies told the Small Business Association of Michigan.

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.

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?

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.