HANCOCK — Many older adults want to stay in their homes as they age. For many, however, living alone may be daunting. Others may require assistance with personal care and activities with daily living, but want to preserve their independence as much as possible, while living in a social ...
HOUGHTON — The Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance and Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce both gave year-end summaries of their 2023 activity and previewed their priorities for 2024 at Wednesday’s monthly Keweenaw Alliance Breakfast. KEDA’s strategic plan, reviewed in full last year, ...
Other states are surpassing Michigan on a number measures, including economy, education and infrastructure. A May 2023 report, Michigan’s Path to a Prosperous Future, published by the Citizens Research Council, found that Michigan is currently in the bottom third of national rankings: 34th in household income, 36th in K-12 educational outcomes and 39th in health outcomes. The report also noted that the state is also losing political influence due to outward migration, falling from 19 seats in 1970 to 13 currently in the U.S. House of Representatives, which put the state at a ...
BARAGA — Woodland Firearms & Supply has a new bigger location to offer even more of what people need for a good outdoors experience. The Baraga outdoors store recently relocated from its longtime building on M-38 to one about two-and-a-half times larger on U.S. 41. Owner Jason Chaudier ...
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers announced Monday that it reached a tentative deal with General Motors, capping a whirlwind few days in which GM, Ford and Stellantis agreed to generous terms that would end the union’s six weeks of targeted strikes, pending approval of the rank and file. The deal UAW President Shawn Fain closed on his 55th birthday is modeled on the ones agreed to with crosstown rivals Ford and Jeep-maker Stellantis, and would give workers higher raises than they’ve received in years. If approved, it would also claw back some concessions the UAW agreed to almost ...
DETROIT — First it was Ford, then Stellantis, and now a General Motors factory has been added to the growing list of highly profitable plants where the United Auto Workers union is on strike. On Tuesday, about 5,000 workers walked out at GM’s factory in Arlington, Texas, that makes big, high margin SUVs such as the Chevrolet Tahoe and Cadillac Escalade. The strikes in Texas, as well as at the largest Ford factory in the world in Louisville, Kentucky, and a Stellantis plant that makes lucrative Ram pickups in Michigan, are aimed at getting the companies to capitulate to union ...
