Detroit-based entrepreneur training program expands to Inkster
ProsperUs Detroit just wrapped up a training course for Inkster-based entrepreneurs of color. In the past, the organization focused on...
Detroit unemployment rate drops to record low in April
Detroit officials touted figures just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that show Detroit’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.2%...
Detroit Today: Does your job reflect your self-worth?
Who do you think of when you think of someone who achieved the “American Dream”? Is it someone who works...
A look at Wayne County’s worker shortage
Wayne County does not have enough employees. One in four county jobs are vacant and more than half those positions...
Detroit Evening Report, July 21, 2022: Detroit leaders announce $203 million housing plan
Welcome to the Detroit Evening Report, a daily round-up of news that city residents need to know. Detroit leaders...
Windsor mayor says he would have cleared blocked border “within the first couple hours” if he had authority
Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens says he would have acted sooner to clear protesters blocking the Ambassador Bridge entrance if he...
Michigan needs knowledge-sector jobs, says Crain’s Detroit Business columnist
Michigan companies are constantly vying for subsidies and incentives from lawmakers with the promise of creating more jobs. This week,...
City of Detroit Reaches Out to Residential Contractors
WDET/Laura Herberg About a hundred people were crammed into the lobby of the Patton Recreation Center in southwest Detroit last...
Bedrock: Four New Developments for Downtown Detroit
By COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Four developments totaling more $2 billion in new investment are planned for...
How a City Like Detroit Should View Economic Development into the Future
Sandra Svoboda Top-line economic growth does not ensure bottom-line prosperity. That's according to a new report from the Brookings Institution, which argues...
Study Shows Growth in Distance Between Work and Home
Matt Pagel/ CC A Brookings Institution report reveals the distance between peoples' homes and their jobs in metropolitan areas grew in 2012...
Youth Unemployment in Michigan is At An All-Time High
Youth unemployment in Michigan is at an all-time high. Recent reports put the state’s youth jobless rate at 59%, among the highest...