Economic Fallout Has Ravaged Michigan

Washington Post: “Roughly a quarter of Michigan’s eligible workforce is now trying to obtain unemployment aid, according to state officials, a staggering example of the economic carnage wrought by the coronavirus in a state that’s no stranger to financial struggle.”

“More than a decade ago, the Great Recession ravaged manufacturing and imperiled cities here from Saginaw to Detroit, leaving people homeless, jobless, hungry, and in some cases, struggling to get aid. Recovery came slowly, and unequally, as many state programs were slashed and some factory jobs never returned at all.”

“Now, state and local leaders find themselves grappling with a more dire threat: a global health emergency in which Michigan has emerged as a major national hot spot. In response, government officials here are bracing for yet another economic crisis, this time perhaps on the magnitude of the Great Depression.”