Gov. Rick Snyder tapped fellow University of Michigan graduate Steven Hilfinger today to serve as director of the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth. Hilfinger, of Beverly Hills, is managing partner of the Detroit office of Foley & Lardner LLP, an international law firm with more than 900 ...
The Ann Arbor region’s unemployment rate ticked downward to 10.3 percent in July, mirroring a brief respite in Michigan’s workforce contraction. The area’s jobless rate dipped from 10.6 percent in June to 10.3 percent in July, according to statistics released this afternoon by the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and ...