Michigan Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives

Michigan’s monthly unemployment rate in July was 5.3%, which was unchanged from June. Rick Pluta explains why.

Michigan gained jobs in January, but not enough to rein in an increase in the state’s monthly jobless rate to 5.3%. The new state jobs report was released Thursday by the Michigan Center for Data and Analytics. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Michigan’s August jobs report was released Wednesday, and it shows more people found work last month as the jobless rate dropped one-tenth of one percent. It’s now 4.1 percent. We have more from Rick Pluta.