Michigan’s economic momentum and water leadership take center stage

Michigan's economic momentum has reached new heights with the state achieving its highest-ever ranking in Area Development’s annual Top States for Doing Business rankings. In a significant leap, Michigan now holds the No. 10 spot overall, up from No. 13 last year.

LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB) has selected the official 2024 state Christmas tree, a 60-foot spruce from Eagle in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Eagle residents Rich and Dorcas Albertson donated the tree. The spruce will arrive in downtown Lansing to grace the Capitol lawn for the 2024 holiday season Saturday, Nov. 2.

USRowing Announces Ypsilanti Township As 2025 RowFest National Championships Destination

Racing To Take Place At Eastern Michigan University’s Innovative Rowing Course on Ford Lake

Ypsilanti Township, Mich. (August 26, 2024) – Today USRowing announced Ypsilanti Township as the destination for USRowing’s 2025 RowFest National Championships. In partnership with the Ann Arbor Sports Commission, Eastern Michigan University, and Ypsilanti Township, RowFest – one of the nation’s largest rowing community events – will see racing commence at The Rowing Course on Ford Lake, with community, learning and development, and social events hosted in Ypsilanti Township and the Ann Arbor area.

Michigan Farm Bureau

In a June 28 memo to members, leader and staff across the Michigan Farm Bureau Family of Companies, President Carl Bednarski announced the appointment of Michelle Reynaert as the organization’s new Chief Operating Officer, effective July 29.

Friday in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan with other officials celebrated the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department’s steadfast progress in protecting the city’s drinking water from lead.

T.J. Schmidt & Co. also agrees to pay $13K in penalties for federal violations 

STANDISH, MI – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a court order requiring T.J. Schmidt & Co. LLC, a Standish carnival operator, to pay $72,254 in back wages to 32 temporary nonimmigrant workers the employer hired to run midway games, staff food stands, and build and operate rides but then paid them less than the wages promised and refused to reimburse them for travel to the U.S. as required.