Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said there will be deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on, adding to the uncertainty facing hundreds of thousands who are already furloughed without pay amid the stubborn stalemate in Congress. Vance warned that as the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has risen in three of the last four months and is slightly higher than it was a year ago, when it helped sink then-Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign. Yet you wouldn't know it from listening to President Donald Trump or even some of the inflation ...

Brian Strzempkowski, The Ohio State University and Melanie Dickman, The Ohio State University (THE CONVERSATION) Airports across the United States have been experiencing significant flight delays recently because of a shortage of air traffic controllers, who have been required to work ...

ESCANABA — Seeking to expand and improve, the region's union for plumbers, pipefitters and HVAC workers is getting a new building to provide greater training capacity. A twist in the new construction is that parts of its walls will expose inner workings to demonstrate essential functions ...

NORWAY — The Menominee River Recreation Area’s Piers Gorge Unit will be closed to the public starting Monday for construction of a new bridge and boardwalk. The closure, which will extend through Dec. 15, includes the parking lot, walking trail and bike trail, the Michigan Department of ...

As Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the state’s new education budget, she also made official a number of changes to the Michigan Public School Employees’ Retirement System, or MPSERS, which provides pension and health care benefits to public school teachers. One of the biggest changes to that ...