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Tens of thousands of people across Michigan may qualify for student loan forgiveness, and may not even know it.

Tens of thousands of people across Michigan may qualify for student loan forgiveness, and may not even know it.

State employees will no longer need to wear masks at state offices starting Thursday. 

Employees in high-risk settings like hospitals or prisons may need to still wear masks, according to guidance from the state.

Employees in high-risk settings like hospitals or prisons may need to still wear masks, according to guidance from the state.

LANSING — Starting Thursday, many state employees will no longer be required to wear masks at work as Michigan continues to see declining COVID-19 infections. The Office of the State Employer announced the change Monday in an email to the state's 46,000-plus workers. Masking may still be…

As much as $8.51 billion in unemployment benefits was sent to fraudsters during the pandemic, a report released Wednesday by Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency found. The report, prepared by Deloitte& Touche LLP for the UIA, found that the agency paid an estimated $8.4 billion- $8.51 billion in potentially fraudulent claims from March 1, 2020, to Sept.30,...

The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Saima Mohsin, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021:. A Detroit woman was sentenced today to 58 months in federal prison after having pleaded guilty for her role in a multi-million dollar unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan and the U.S. Government...

The benefits expiration after Labor Day has been long planned, and President Joe Biden has said that the benefits wont be extended beyond this date.

Leaders within the UIA knew as early as Jan. 6 that the federal government had rejected four state-developed unemployment qualifications.