DETROIT - Michigan is now the top marijuana market in the country — based on per capita spending. Through the first seven months of the year, Michigan's marijuana industry sold $1.7 billion worth of product ($58.8 million in medical marijuana and $1.644 billion in recreational), according to data from the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency. Michigan weed
ANN ARBOR - Binge drinking and the use of marijuana and hallucinogens among adults ages 35 to 50 reached an all-time highs in 2022 Marijuana use and vaping reached record highs among adults ages 19 to 30. The 2022 findings are part of the most recent installment of the Monitoring the Future study. Funded by the National
BATTLE CREEK - A proposed drone park in Battle Creek has secured $7 million in state funding to advance its development, highlighting the latest in statewide efforts to seize economic opportunity from the nascent industry. The Michigan Unmanned Aerial Systems Park slated for roughly 200 vacant acres on the west side of the Battle Creek
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP - The sale of more than 300 acres at a former World War II bomber factory at Willow Run Airport for use as a testing hub for connected and driverless cars could close by next summer, those involved with the purchase told Bridge and Crain’s Detroit Business. Yet even as developers of the
LANSING – The state’s Pure Michigan tourism website is getting an overhaul with help from a Florida-based Miles Media Group. Earlier this week, The Michigan Strategic Fund awarded a nearly $400,000 contract to rebuild Michigan.Org, the home of the prize winning Pure Michigan advertising campaign. Shall we call it Pure Florida, instead? Michigan Web Developers
DETROIT - Google Inc. is in the market for new high-tech space in the suburbs. Sources say the Internet giant has been scouting for locations of at least 30,000 square feet for R&D space related to autonomous vehicles, Crain’s Detroit News reported Friday. The locations that have been considered so far include Southfield, Troy and
