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While many of Michigan’s largest EV battery projects are slowing, Gotion Inc.’s plans are on track near Big Rapids, but scrutiny from a new township board creates new challenges for the deal.

Union members with the Detroit Casino Council voted Saturday to ratify a new contract with MGM after 47 days on strike.

Michigan spent billions to lure electric vehicle factory sites. But as EV sales lag, highly touted mega-site projects are being scaled back, along with jobs. And the economic payoff for Michigan seems more distant.

Signs are popping up of a national economic slowdown, but Michigan’s workforce continues to grow and diversify, making the state less vulnerable than many others to a downturn, University of Michigan economists predict.

Some worker shortages hurt more than others, and state leaders are rushing to try to make it easier to fill vacancies from paramedics to special ed teachers.

As year-end approaches, only 1-in-4 of Michigan’s largest, publicly traded companies beat an industry success barometer, while half saw their value erode. The UAW strike was a setback for automakers, though office furniture companies flourished.

Construction will restart at the factory near Battle Creek once valued at $3.5 billion. Ford’s plan to downsize will cut jobs. The state says Michigan’s incentive contribution will drop accordingly.

This continuously updated tracker has information about United Auto Workers strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.

The venerable, Rockford-based company famous for Hush Puppies faces plummeting stocks and sales. It’s already spent tens of millions of dollars settling suits for PFAS contamination. Then this year, more PFAS was discovered on its doorstop.

The salon deleted posts told those who don’t identity as male or female to take business elsewhere. State officials say the law is clear — threatening to deny service is illegal, not free speech.

Nearly half of the auto company’s non-union U.S. salaried workforce will get an incentive offer to leave their jobs by year-end. It’s the latest cost-cutting move to hit the Big Three’s professional workers.

Voters in Green Charter Township recalled the board members after they approved the secretive battery plant deal, which critics said raised national security and environmental concerns.

The United Auto Workers union strike against the Big Three domestic automakers comes amid record profits and has grown significantly since it began Sept. 15. An interactive timeline traces the origins, details and context of the dispute.

The 46-day strike was ‘stunningly successful’ for the union, which reached most demands. While the UAW was congratulated by some, others warned Detroit automakers face a steeper path to compete on EVs.

Henry Ford Health, Michigan State University and the Detroit Pistons are seeking $273 million in tax incentives largely to finance housing for the New Center development.

Wages from new United Auto Workers contracts will increase alongside unprecedented competition, adding to pressures facing U.S. auto companies as they balance costs and profitability.

Tired of not finding trained workers, some Michigan businesses are using state funding to grow their own with apprenticeships.

Increasing EV production and closing coal-fired power plants will impact the state’s workforce and communities. Legislation could create a new state office to aid both in the transition.

Young college-educated workers can live wherever they want. That gives lots of hope to Michigan, but it also is another reason to lose our best and brightest.

MotorCity Casino, MGM Grand Detroit and Hollywood Casino at Greektown in Detroit remain open. But a prolonged strike could threaten revenues of both the city and the state.