With entrepreneurship-led economic development increasingly popular, over a dozen events are focusing on the topic.

Meanwhile, Trump says he plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday, in addition to doubling the 10% universal tariff charged on imports from China. Here's the latest: The freshman senator from Michigan was one of the Democrats who prevailed in a statewide race in a state Trump carried in November.

NASCAR Cup Series teams will be traveling from Michigan to Mexico City in June. It is one part of a logistics puzzle the industry will work through as NASCAR contests an international Cup Series point race for the first time in over 60 years.

Experts are weighing in on the impact of tariffs on Michigan small businesses. President Donald Trump announced this week he’s going forward with tariffs on Mexico and Canada, implementing a 25% tax on imports.

Trump argues tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China will ultimately benefit states like Michigan and its dominant auto industry. But foreign leaders are fighting back with retaliatory tariffs.

New tariffs are taking effect on Tuesday, March 4, with an additional 10% on goods from China and 25% on most imports from Canada and Mexico.

Francisco Javier Ramirez Munoz, age 27, of Howe, IN passed away on Monday, March 3, 2025, due to an auto accident in Michigan. He was born on September 4, 1997, in Michoacan, Mexico to Adan Ramirez Martinez and Maria Munoz Montoya.

President Donald Trump and the Wall Street Journal’s opinion section are fighting over tariff policy – again. Trump railed against a Wednesday editorial in the Journal that said, with some evidence, that auto-heavy Michigan would be hurt by tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico that Trump is once again threatening to impose.

Automotive remains the most important sector in the state, which has more vehicle manufacturing jobs than anywhere else in the country. More than 9% of Michigan's gross domestic product is tied to auto — higher than any other state, according to the Alliance for Automotive Innovation.

Democratic members of Michigan's congressional delegation blasted Trump's tariffs as potentially destructive in Michigan.