House Speeds Auto Insurance Reform in Friday Session By Pat Moody | Posted May 24, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening The Michigan State House of Representatives rarely meets on a Friday afternoon, especially a Friday headed into a three-day...
Unemployment Rates Fall In Ever Michigan Labor Market in April By Pat Moody | Posted May 23, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Even though it is already considered one of the tightest labor times in recent history, the seasonally unadjusted unemployment...
April Housing Market Rebounds in SWM, Sets New Price Records By Pat Moody | Posted May 23, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Everyone hopes that the spring of the year brings new growth in a region like Michigan's Great Southwest, so...
County Road Association Says MI Needs $2-Billion More Per Year for Roads By Pat Moody | Posted May 21, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening For anybody who has driven the roads of Michigan anytime in recent days, there will likely be no surprise...
Michigan Still Impacted by Cigarette Smuggling, Especially Border Counties in SWM By Pat Moody | Posted May 20, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening A problem that has long plagued border counties like Berrien, Cass and St. Joseph Counties here in Michigan is...
Michigan Businesses Band Together for Clean Water By Pat Moody | Posted May 20, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening According to at least one source, here in Michigan you and I are never more than 6 miles from...
Flat Revenues, Trade Uncertainties Hobble Michigan Revenue Estimating Conference By Pat Moody | Posted May 17, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening It's already tough enough to try to guesstimate how much money will come into the budget and when, but...
Michigan Port Study Provides Stunning Portrait of Substantive Economic Impact By Pat Moody | Posted May 17, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Anybody who accidentally looks through the wrong end of a telescope or a pair of binoculars and comes away...
Whirlpool Corporation Ranked a Top Corporate Citizen by CR Magazine By Pat Moody | Posted May 15, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Whirlpool Corporation has returned to the list of the Top 100 Best Corporate Citizens for the first time since...
Summit Shows Critical Need for Infrastructure Funding in Michigan is at a Crossroads By Pat Moody | Posted May 15, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Michigan and the communities that comprise the Great Lakes State are at a veritable crossroads and will need to...
West Michigan Industrial Economy “Still Chugging Along” By Pat Moody | Posted May 14, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening The West Michigan Industrial Economy is essentially doing what it has been doing for the past decade. "Still chugging...
Red Cross: Critical Type O Blood Shortage; Donors Needed Now By Pat Moody | Posted May 14, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening The current math problem facing the American Red Cross is not sustainable. At least 14 units of type O...
Carson’s Department Store Stiffs Berrien Taxpayers With Unpaid Property Tax By Pat Moody | Posted May 10, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening When Carson's department store departed the Orchards Mall in Southwest Michigan last year, they left local taxpayers holding the...
Light Voter Turnout Gives Wins to Millage Votes New and Renewed in SWM By Pat Moody | Posted May 7, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Voter turnout in the off year spring election today kept pollworkers challenged with how best to keep busy during...
Michigan’s Highest in the Nation Auto Insurance Rates Could Finally Be Reduced By Pat Moody | Posted May 7, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening It might be a little too soon to hold your breath, but there's movement afoot in Lansing to resolve...
Army Corps Says Great Lakes Water Levels Expected to Set Record Highs By Pat Moody | Posted May 6, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Sadly, it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out. A simple visit to virtually any beach...
Major Magazine Ranks St. Joe and Lakeshore Among Top 100 Schools in Michigan By Pat Moody | Posted May 6, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening There are smiles aplenty in the wake of the new US News & World Report publication ranking more than...
Regional CFO Benchmark Index Hits Lowest Level in More Than Eight Years By Pat Moody | Posted May 4, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening One key measure of business performance in the region has just racked up its poorest score since that measure...
Holland Earns Dubious “Honor” as Having Worst Drivers in the State of Michigan By Pat Moody | Posted May 1, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Depending on how you feel about your own driving skills and abilities you might feel good about a new...
Spectrum Health Lakeland Tabbed Among 15 Top Health Systems in America By Pat Moody | Posted May 1, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Even as work continues around the clock on their major new pavilion project in St. Joseph, Spectrum Health Lakeland...
Michigan Holds 22nd Highest Rate of Workplace Deaths in the Nation By Pat Moody | Posted April 29, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Not too many people head off to work on a Monday morning (or any other morning, for that matter)...
Emissions Reductions, Improved Product Efficiency Top Whirlpool Sustainability 2018 By Pat Moody | Posted April 24, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening The engineers and innovators working the halls, offices and labs of Whirlpool properties all across Michigan's Great Southwest continue...
Following February Surge, March Home Sales Slow in SW Michigan By Pat Moody | Posted April 23, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening After a brief rise in February, the local housing market in Michigan's Great Southwest returned to a more recent...
Michigan State University Says the Buzz About Bumble Bees Isn’t Good By Pat Moody | Posted April 23, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening How you respond to the sight of a bumble bee could seriously impact your food supply and the well-being...
Fifth Third Bancorp Tops Wall Street for 5th Consecutive Quarter By Pat Moody | Posted April 23, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Fifth Third Bancorp, which has multiple branch offices across Michigan's Great Southwest, surprised Wall Street in a good way...
Kinexus Group Leaders Tell of Significant Barriers Still Facing SWM Jobs Candidates By Pat Moody | Posted April 22, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Southwest Michigan faces an interesting conundrum. We have a large and diverse workforce, and some of the strongest, most...
Record Q1 Earnings Lead to Soaring After Hours Stock Surge for Whirlpool By Pat Moody | Posted April 22, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Wall Street certainly liked what they saw late this afternoon when Benton Harbor-based Whirlpool Corporation posted record first quarter...
SWM Tourist Council Scores Big Gains Thanks to Burgeoning Hotel Construction By Pat Moody | Posted April 18, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening In the lodging industry, it's all about heads in the beds. The entire hospitality industry hinges on the metrics....
Business Leaders for Michigan Exhibit Optimism for State’s Economy & Job Growth By Pat Moody | Posted April 16, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Key Michigan business leaders are pretty confident regarding their own ability to grow their companies, with the only weakness...
Retail America Challenged to Match or Beat Amazon’s $15/hr Minimum Wage By Pat Moody | Posted April 11, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Retailers of Michigan's Great Southwest...and the rest of America. You have been challenged to raise your minimum wage to...
Bipartisan Group Introduces Driving America Forward Act to Expand Buyer Tax Credits By Pat Moody | Posted April 10, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening A bipartisan effort in the United State Congress today would give a lot more Americans a shot at claiming...
County Road Agencies Say Road Money is Spent As Planned But More is Needed By Pat Moody | Posted April 9, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening It would appear that the sheer volume of bad roads in the state of Michigan is overshadowing even the...
Large Berrien Contingent Avoids Foreclosure Thanks to County Payment Plan By Pat Moody | Posted April 9, 2019 | By The Numbers Upon Further Review What's Happening Berrien County Treasurer Bret Witkowski says that his olive branch offer to help homeowners facing foreclosure to keep their...
Every 10 Minutes Someone in America Goes on the Organ Transplant Wait List By Pat Moody | Posted April 8, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening Did you know that somewhere in America another person goes onto the U.S. organ transplant wait list every 10...
AAA Survey Shows American’s Still Have Trust Issues with Self-Driving Vehicles By Pat Moody | Posted April 7, 2019 | By The Numbers What's Happening If you are still not ready to climb aboard a fully self-driving automobile just yet, you are certainly not...
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