LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched down by a tenth of a percentage point to 3.9 percent in December, according to data released today by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget. Total employment advanced by 6,000 over the month, while unemployment fell by the same number, resulting in no change in the state’s workforce total over the month.
For the next few weeks, Liberty Coin Service in Lansing’s Frandor Shopping Center is exhibiting selections of an early Michigan history treasure trove. The documents on exhibit are letters signed by Michigan territorial and state governors and US Senators from 1805 up into the 20th Century.
LANSING, Mich.—The hourly wage for Michigan’s temporary or seasonal nonimmigrant foreign agricultural workers increased from $13.54 to $14.40 per hour as of Jan. 2, 2020. Positions paying this wage offer great opportunities for workers to earn above the state’s minimum wage rate of $9.65 per hour.
37 positions available throughout the state of Michigan
Michigan College Access Network’s AdviseMI program, also known as Advise Michigan, is now hiring 37 college advisers for the 2020-21 school year. These AmeriCorps advisers serve in selected high schools across Michigan, particularly high schools in communities with low college-going rates and low adult educational attainment rates.
LANSING, MI – Sparrow is pleased to welcome Robin DeMuth, M.D., as its new Chief of Medical Staff for a two-year term. Her appointment began Jan. 1.
Customer support for renewable energy also increasing
LANSING, Mich. — The Lansing Board of Water & Light’s (BWL) job performance rating remains strong and continues to improve among business and residential customers, whose support for moving to more renewable energy sources in the future is also growing, two new EPIC-MRA surveys found.
LANSING, MI – Bill Roeser, recently retired President of Sparrow Carson and Sparrow Ionia hospitals, and wife Marcia, a longtime Sparrow Hospital Nurse, have received a surprise special honor in recognition of their many years of service to Sparrow, our Patients, and the community.
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Honored for Its Work for Young Patients
LANSING, MI – The Sparrow Multidisciplinary Cleft Lip & Palate Clinic has received national recognition with a listing as an approved team by the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. The listing means the Sparrow Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Team meets the gold standard for cleft care.
On Friday, January 17th at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Mid-Michigan received $190K in donations. The donations were from area businesses to help the commission in its work to support equality, diversity and social justice in the mid-Michigan region.
