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Stabenow, Peters Announce Investment for Great Lakes Boat Building School

Michigan Business Network
March 16, 2022 11:00 AM

WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (MI) and Gary Peters (MI) Tuesday announced that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $2.7 million to the Great Lakes Boat Building School, in Cedarville, Michigan. Senators Stabenow and Peters helped secure these funds in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Recovery Assistance Grant program.

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Media Business | Glenn Stevens Jr. How Media Covers Auto industry, Mobility, EV, and Logistics

Media Business
March 14, 2022 7:00 PM

Tony Conley is a newer content contributor and show host for Michigan Business Network. To wrap up his fourteenth episode, Tony has a three-segment conversation about how the media covers COVID, business, news, and politics along with differences between Michigan and the national scene. 

He joins Glenn Stevens Jr., the executive director of MICHauto and serves as the Detroit Regional Chamber’s vice president of automotive and mobility initiatives. 

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Michigan Busines Beat | Mike Klein - Genomenon Raises $20M Series B Financing

Michigan Business Beat
March 11, 2022 5:00 PM

Launching a New Era in AI-Powered Genomic Data

Chris Holman spends some time with Mike Klein, CEO, Genomenon, Ann Arbor, MI. MBN has been following them since 2014 and more closely since 2015 with Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, in Detroit, and they were a 2019 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch in MCSB.

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Michigan Business Beat | Amy Adamy - Lansing BWL, Community Partners Hold Pandemic Resource Fairs

Michigan Business Beat
March 10, 2022 3:00 PM

Chris Holman speaks with Amy Adamy, MPH, APR, Communications Manager, Lansing Board of Water & Light, Lansing, MI.

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Lansing BWL, Community Partners to Hold Pandemic Resource Fairs

Michigan Business Network
March 8, 2022 10:00 AM

The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) and more than a dozen nonprofit organizations and community partners will host two Pandemic Resource Fairs in March to help connect BWL residential customers and greater Lansing residents behind on their bills to information on community resources and financial assistance available to assist per available funding and eligibility.

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Grand River Bands Applaud Resolution Supporting Tribe’s Petition for Federal Recognition

Michigan Business Network
March 4, 2022 12:00 PM

Lawmaker introduces resolution supporting federal action to recognize tribe

LANSING – The Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians yesterday applauded a resolution supporting the tribe’s long overdue petition for federal recognition and renewed its call for federal officials to recognize the tribe after years of inaction and delays, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Michigan Workforce Development Institute Announces Acquisition of Women in Skilled Trades Program

Michigan Business Network
March 3, 2022 6:00 PM

DETROIT, MI - The Michigan Workforce Development Institute (WDI) is proud to announce the partnership and acquisition of the Women in Skilled Trades (WIST) program, which will now operate as an official program of WDI.

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Media Business | Bob Trezise How Media Deals with Economic Development in Lansing and Michigan

Media Business
March 1, 2022 4:00 PM

Tony Conley is a newer content contributor and show host for Michigan Business Network. To kick off his thirteenth episode, Tony has a three-segment conversation about how the media covers the economic development side of business in Michigan. 

He joins Bob Trezise, who has been President & CEO of the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) since 2011.

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Media Business | Michael J. Nichols How Media Deals with Law and COVID

Media Business
February 25, 2022 7:00 PM

Tony Conley is a newer content contributor and show host for Michigan Business Network. To wrap up his twelfth episode, Tony has a three-segment conversation about how the media covers law, legal cases, and COVID.

He joins attorney Michael J. Nichols, Nichols Law Firm, East Lansing, MI.

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Treasury: Less Than a Week Left to Complete the FAFSA

Michigan Business Network
February 24, 2022 10:00 AM

Priority Consideration Given to ApplicationsSubmitted Before March 1

LANSING, Mich. – Students who want to be given priority considLANSING, Mich. eration for state of Michigan financial aid programs have less than a week to submit their Free Application for Federal Student Aid, according to the Michigan Department of Treasury.
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