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Regional Economic Conditions: Professional Services
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
Event on August 1, 2025
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How litigation shapes non-compete contracts’ effects on workers
Tyler Boesch | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement (former) Ayushi Narayan | Economist, Community Development and Engagement Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
July 9, 2025
Article
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Hospitality businesses see fewer customers and higher costs
Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
June 27, 2025
Data
Data map of the Ninth District
Regional Economic Indicators
June 25, 2025
Data
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Nonprofits roiled by funding cuts and threats of more cuts, surveys find
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
June 20, 2025
Article
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Cutting Hours Instead of Cutting Jobs: Shared Work Within the Unemployment Insurance System
Event on July 15, 2025
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A fifth of this Upper Peninsula community's economy is mining. Can it diversify?
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
June 4, 2025
Article
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What drives consumer interest rates?
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
June 3, 2025
Article
Construction worker climbing into the cab of construction equipment at a job site
Balancing costs, labor, and ambiguity in the Ninth District’s construction sector
Erick Garcia Luna | Director, Regional Outreach
May 28, 2025
Article
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Data drive updates to state unemployment insurance systems
Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Community Development and Engagement
May 16, 2025
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Tractor planting a field
Farm sentiment leaned pessimistic in the region as spring planting got underway
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
May 16, 2025
Article
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Increasing uncertainty is trickling through the regional economy
Karmi Anna Mattson | Assistant Vice President, Regional Outreach and Public Programs Shannon Lewis | Senior Project Manager
May 13, 2025
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