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The state of Michigan says it has met an internal goal to clear out a serious backlog of claims that were filed between March 15 and May 1.The state's…
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Michiganders waiting months on state unemployment claims should soon have an answer.The Unemployment Insurance Agency is pledging to process the remaining…
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The state unemployment agency says the number of people waiting to have claims processed is growing. The agency says the backlog is largely due to…
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Michigan’s unemployment rate remains high, but it’s getting better.The state’s May unemployment rate was 21.8%. That’s down 2.8 percentage points from the…
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Legislators grilled the head of the Unemployment Insurance Agency about why some people still are not receiving benefits. Steve Gray, director of the…
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Some Democratic state lawmakers and activists say now is the time to permanently extend and expand unemployment benefits in Michigan.Since the beginning…
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Thursday that Michigan factories will soon be allowed to resume operations. This is good news for the thousands of…
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Today on Stateside, we check in on Michigan’s farm scene and see how food producers are doing amid the pandemic. Plus, how the state unemployment office…
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Starting Monday, Michiganders who are self-employed, gig workers, independent contractors and other low income workers who’ve lost work because of…
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Applications for unemployment in Michigan took another huge jump last week. 384,844 people filed first-time claims. The U.S. Department of Labor’s newly…