Small Business Tax Cuts

TURNING OUR FOCUS TO JOBS IN MICHIGAN,

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ARE RISING IN MICHIGAN.

THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, SAYS JUNE JOBLESS RATES INCREASED OVER THE MONTH TO 10 POINT FIVE PERCENT.

IN A JOBS-THEMED TOUR OF THE UPPER PENINSULA, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BRIAN CALLEY HEARD FROM A VARIETY OF BUSINESS PEOPLE.

CALLEY FEELS HE GOT A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE U-P BUSINESS CLIMATE AND PLENTY OF FEEDBACK ON NEW LEGISLATION AFFECTING SMALL BUSINESSES.

MICHIGAN’S TOTAL EMPLOYMENT DECREASED BY 26 THOUSAND WHILE UNEMPLOYMENT ROSE SLIGHTLY TO 8 THOUSAND.

FROM JUNE OF LAST YEAR TO THIS JUNE THE STATE’S WORKFORCE FELL BY 79 THOUSAND.