Jeffrey Mosher welcomed Cathleen Edgerly, Executive Director of Downtown Lansing Inc. Lansing, MI.
Michigan Business Beat
March 20, 2024 12:00 PM
Michigan Business Network
March 20, 2024 11:00 AM
LANSING, Mich. – Today, the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) announced a policy change to make it easier for more families to access low or no cost child care. Effective February 25, 2024, MiLEAP removed the requirement that primary parents cooperate with the Office of Child Support to qualify for low or no cost child care through the Child Development and Care Program.
Michigan Business Network
March 19, 2024 1:00 PM
Workforce plan lays out strategies to train workers, grow middle-class and power Michigan’s business and entrepreneurial spirit
LANSING, Mich.—Gov. Gretchen Whitmer today released the Michigan Statewide Workforce Plan. The comprehensive, all-access roadmap lays out ambitious strategies and data-driven actions needed to build on Michigan’s success and ensure all Michiganders have the skills, opportunities, and support they need to make it in Michigan.
Michigan Business Network
March 18, 2024 1:00 PM
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) reminds residents in nine Michigan counties of an upcoming deadline to apply for disaster unemployment assistance if they lost work due to severe weather last summer.
Michigan Business Network
March 18, 2024 9:00 AM
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a total of $80 million for two hydrogen projects in Michigan, reaffirming the state’s leadership in clean energy and advanced manufacturing.
Michigan Business Network
March 15, 2024 12:00 PM
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Career and Technical Institute (MCTI) hosted its winter/spring graduation ceremony Thursday, celebrating 71 students who successfully completed in-demand training programs and earned credentials that will help them access competitive, integrated employment opportunities.
Michigan Business Network
March 13, 2024 1:00 PM
as Legislators of the Year
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Municipal League has named State Representatives Amos O’Neal and Mark Tisdel as Legislators of the Year. Representatives O’Neal, D-Saginaw, and Tisdel, R-Rochester Hills, received the honor yesterday, March 12, at the League’s 2024 Capital Confrerence in Lansing.
Michigan Business Network
March 13, 2024 12:00 PM
LANSING, Mich. – Not seasonally adjusted jobless rates rose in all 17 Michigan labor market areas over the month, according to data released today by the Michigan Center for Data and Analytics.
“All Michigan labor market areas exhibited typical seasonal unemployment rate increases in January,” said Wayne Rourke, labor market information director for the Michigan Center for Data and Analytics. “January nonfarm jobs also fell across all Michigan metro areas over the month.”
Michigan Business Network
March 12, 2024 3:00 PM
Lansing, Mich.—Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II and his designee, Michigan’s Chief Connectivity Officer, Eric Federick were appointed as members on the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (IAC), with the Lieutenant Governor selected as the committee’s Chair.
Michigan Business Network
March 8, 2024 5:00 PM
Designation signals communities have identified redevelopment goals, created a master plan for the future
LANSING, Mich. – For its efforts in establishing a more streamlined development process and overall community development vision, the City of Bay City achieved the Redevelopment Ready Communities (RRC) Essentials designation under the new RRC 2.0 framework, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced Tuesday.