Unemployment
Rate Drops Sharply
January gave Michigan the largest gain in
overall employment in more than 15 years, and the largest monthly decrease in
the unemployment rate in more than 30 years. The state’s unemployment rate fell
0.5 percent from December to January, dropping to 7.8 percent – the lowest it
has been in Michigan since May 2008. The last time Michigan saw such a sharp
decline in the monthly rate was from August to September of 1983 when the rate
dropped from 14.1 to 13.6 percent.
Senate
Committee Moves Microbrewery Expansion Measures
The Senate Regulatory Reform Committee
Thursday moved a package of bills (House Bill 4709,
4710,
and 4711)
redefining microbrewer and brewpub. The three-bill package proposes to
modernize archaic restrictions governing the craft beer industry by allowing a
Micro-brewery to expand and allow the state’s largest breweries to open one locations.
All three bills passed unanimously.