The pandemic has had a severe impact on Michigan businesses and consumers, but the economy could improve quickly in 2021, especially as more and more residents are vaccinated, economists and a survey of business owners say.While 67% of survey respondents in Michigan said the coronavirus pandemic has had a somewhat or extremely negative impact on their business, 16% said the opposite, that it had an extremely positive or somewhat positive impact on their business, according to the Michigan
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) The Consumers Energy Foundation has announced more than $480,000 in grants to help Michigan nonprofits provide critical help to communities during the coronavirus pandemic. Since March, the Jackson-based foundation that is the charitable arm of Consumers Energy has provided $5.4 million in direct response to the pandemic. Grants support those working on the front lines to directly meet basic needs such as food and shelter. The Food Bank Council of Michigan received $200,000 in funding to address food insecurity, including mobile food distributions across the state. Other