Michigan releases 2026 Hot 50 and Career Outlook reports

September 5, 2026

LANSING – The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB) Michigan Center for Data and Analytics has released the state’s latest “Hot 50” and “Career Outlook” publications. Both reports provide information on careers that will be in the highest demand in Michigan through 2034. “Our goal is to provide our education and workforce partners with the information they need to help Michiganders find their path to high-demand, high-wage jobs,” said Scott Powell, director of the Michigan Center for Data and Analytics and the state’s chief data officer. “The ...

Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times’ copyright case over training of chatbots

September 3, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is wading into a legal fight between OpenAI and the New York Times, backing the ChatGPT-maker's argument in a closely watched case over how it builds its AI technology by ingesting and processing millions of news articles. In court papers filed ...

Judge orders changes to Google’s digital ads business but spares it from a breakup

September 3, 2026

Judge orders changes to Google's digital ads business but spares it from a breakup By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Google to retool the system powering its price-gouging monopoly in digital advertising, sparing the company ...

US oil giant Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela

September 3, 2026

Oil giant Chevron confirmed that it will expand operations in Venezuela after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation's oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits. Chevron, the only U.S. oil company with a major presence in Venezuela, said Wednesday that it has been assigned additional acreage in the Orinoco Belt, where it has active operations. The company plans to invest more than $7 billion over the next five years, with the goal of more than doubling its current production to about 600,000 barrels a day. "Chevron's history in ...

Bessent pitches US-backed financial literacy competition to world’s largest economies

September 3, 2026

Bessent pitches US-backed financial literacy competition to world's largest economies By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pitching a financial literacy campaign to the world's largest economies. Bessent on Tuesday announced U.S. ...

Woven into the community

August 31, 2026

Sixteen years ago, Dan Bender purchased a building on Ludington Street and transitioned from one type of machine repair to another. Now called Quality Sew & Vac, the premises at 1017 Ludington St. have provided service and retail sales of both vacuum cleaners and sewing machines since least ...