The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) and Impression 5 Science Center will celebrate 30 years for the annual Adopt A River event this Saturday, May 11 from 8:30am to 1pm at Impression 5 Science Center, 200 Museum Drive in Lansing. Volunteers will help make the Lansing area even more beautiful by helping clean up the Grand and Red Cedar rivers along the 10.2 mile Lansing River Trail.
LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced two investment projects in Oakland County helping to advance Michigan’s position as a high-tech hub for electric vehicle testing and defense and aerospace industries. In total, these projects will represent $12.7 million in capital investment, creating 85 new high-tech innovative jobs.
The Sterling Heights Local Office of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) reopened this week for in-person appointments following renovations to create a welcoming atmosphere for Michiganders who want to meet with a UIA agent.
LANSING, Mich. — (May 9, 2024) — The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) is thrilled to announce the launch of its TREK Small Business Support Hub (Tri-County Resource for Entrepreneurs and Knowledge), a comprehensive resource center designed to provide small businesses and entrepreneurs in Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties with easy access to vital programs and grants.
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Federal and State partnership will help Michigan workers and employers benefit from transitions in the auto and energy sectors
DETROIT, Mich. -- Vice President Kamala Harris and Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II today announced federal and state partnerships that will further position Michigan as a national leader in the clean energy transition and ensure our state remains the engine of the American auto industry.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) announcement to move forward with harmful changes at the Iron Mountain Processing Center that could lead to significant mail disruptions in the Upper Peninsula, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led 25 Senate colleagues in calling on USPS to pause all changes to its processing and delivery network that could slow down mail delivery until the potential impacts are further studied by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) and addressed by the Postal Service. In a bipartisan letter, Peters expressed concern over the impacts these changes have already had on communities across the country, and the potential impact to timely mail delivery that further changes could cause.
CHARLOTTE, MI – University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Eaton has named Roxanne Baker as its 2024 Nurse of the Year.
Baker, a nurse in UM Health-Sparrow Eaton’s emergency department (ED), has been a nurse for ten years, with a majority at Sparrow Health System and the past year at UM Health-Sparrow Eaton. Prior to joining UM Health-Sparrow, she was a military emergency medical technician for the United States Air Force. Baker was recognized for this prestigious honor for her:
Gilchrist joins leadership team to open doors for women and non-binary individuals
DETROIT, Mich.— BasBlue, a Detroit-based nonprofit that uplifts and empowers women and non-binary individuals, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Ellen Gilchrist as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
