Michigan's unemployment agency routinely gave people previously convicted of fraud, embezzlement and similar financial crimes access to sensitive information that, in at least one case, was later used to steal public money, according to the findings of a new state audit released Friday. The Office of the Michigan Auditor General dings the Unemployment.
LANSING Michigan utilities are struggling to provide reliable energy to customers as storms become more frequent and severe. This past summer, Consumers Energy officials said they saw their sixth-worst storm ever for the number of people losing power. That same storm on Aug. 10 ranked second-worst in DTE Energy history, leaving 700,000 customers powerless.