Word-of-mouth referrals and neighborhood work can keep Spanish-speaking builders busy, but many now aim for bigger jobs. An industry-focused group is helping them make business plans and grow.
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Detroit small businesses create virtual marketplaces for shopping amid COVID
Shopping local and shopping from home are even more important in a pandemic. More than 100 Detroit small businesses are ready for online holiday shoppers.
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As women leave pandemic economy, returning to work, higher wages will be a struggle
After decades of employment strides, women are making a staggering exit from the workforce. It may lead to future challenges. Policy change can help.
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What does equity look like? Start with housing, income, Detroiters say.
Detroit Future City released a shared vision for an economically equitable Detroit on Tuesday. The nonprofit think tank is using the shared vision as a call to action to get local organizations and institutions to work with residents to increase access and opportunity.
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Bank offers deal on 100 checking accounts to help build Black wealth
First Independence Bank is offering 100 checking accounts to Detroiters as part of a broader effort to boost community wealth and address disparities.
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Study: Wage gap widens between Black, white workers, especially in Michigan
Both races make less than they did 40 years ago when adjusted for inflation. But wages for Black workers have declined more since the 1970s, in part because of a loss of manufacturing and widening gap in educational opportunities.
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U-M: Detroit’s unemployment rate improves but money woes mount
1 in 5 Detroiters say they are struggling financially as $600 a week in unemployment benefits ends — at least temporarily. This while rental evictions resume.
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TCF announces $1 billion investment in loans for minority-owned businesses
TCF bank expands lending and housing opportunities for low-income people and groups impacted by discrimination in Detroit and other midwestern cities.
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Michigan unemployment system designed to slow payments working all too well
Michigan overhauled its unemployment insurance system nearly a decade ago to save money, root out fraud and make it harder for jobless workers to qualify for benefits. Now, with more than one million workers jobless, the state has flagged 1 in 3 claimants for fraud amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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He took down Michigan’s unemployment system. Now, he’s struggling to fix it.
Four years before Steve Gray took over the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, he exposed a false fraud scandal that rocked state government and prompted reforms. Now, some lawmakers are calling for his ouster as he tries to fix a system crushed by record jobless claims amid the coronavirus pandemic.