Michigan's economy is what led to the higher spot for the state on the study, America’s Top States for Business, which is now in its 19th year.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped by 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 227,000 for the week ending July 5, the Labor Department reported on July 10.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) reported an increase in initial unemployment claims filed in Ohio for the week ending July 5, 2025, according to data shared with the U.S.

Positive and negative signals coming out of the economy have experts questioning the direction of the U.S. labor market.

June job losses were ‘concentrated in white collar industries.’ ...

The Georgia Department of Labor recently reported the state’s unemployment rate hit 3.5% in May, its lowest point in a year. But something else dropped, too: the size of the labor force. Georgia’s ...