NOVI - ITC is conducting aerial patrols of the high-voltage transmission structures, lines and equipment in Michigan now through Nov. 13, weather permitting. The helicopter patrols are conducted to provide an overall status of vegetation management and maintenance needs of the overhead transmission system that is operated by ITC’s Michigan operating entities, ITCTransmission and Michigan
DETROIT - Michigan has a marijuana problem that sounds like it should have an easy solution. The state is sitting on an estimated 2 million pounds of cannabis inventory, helping drive marijuana prices to historic lows and squeezing growers, processors and retailers. With the fall outdoor harvest adding even more cannabis to the market, Michigan
ANN ARBOR - The job market remains challenging, with many applicants sending out dozens of online applications and getting little or no response. So how do you break through the clutter and get noticed? Gary Erickson, Managing Partner of Executive Search Partners, joins MITech TV to explain what job seekers should be doing differently in
ANN ARBOR - Michigan jobs, auto sales, home purchases and business investment face new pressure after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday, making borrowing more expensive at a time when the state's economy is already growing slowly. For Michigan families and businesses, the impact can be measured in monthly payments. A $40,000 five-year auto
Michigan marijuana retailers sold nearly $259 million of recreational cannabis in August, down 8.5% from a year ago, as growers head toward the fall harvest with nearly 900,000 pounds of conventional flower already sitting in the regulated market. LANSING — Michigan’s marijuana industry is heading toward its annual “Croptober” harvest with a problem it doesn’t
LANSING - Michigan wants to compete for the industries expected to drive the middle of the 21st century — artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced manufacturing, defense, aerospace, mobility and other high-tech businesses. But before Michigan can win those jobs, it has to answer a more fundamental question: Who is going to do them? Michigan already faces
Michigan bet billions of dollars and thousands of jobs on an electric-vehicle future. But consumers are increasingly choosing hybrids instead. Before buying your next vehicle, here's how EVs, hybrids and plug-in hybrids compare on price, charging, long-distance travel — and the Michigan winter penalty that can dramatically reduce battery range. DETROIT - Thinking about buying
DETROIT — Michigan has absorbed the highest estimated tariff burden per household in America — the equivalent of $5,619 per household since President Donald Trump returned to office — largely because the state's automotive and manufacturing economy sits directly in the path of the global trade war. Michigan businesses have been hit with an estimated
GRAND RAPIDS — Five Michigan defense and aerospace startups will compete Sept. 15 for a winner-take-all $375,000 investment, kicking off a statewide competition designed to identify young companies that could become Michigan's next generation of high-paying employers. And considerably more money awaits. The winner of the Grand Rapids PitchMI semifinal advances to the statewide championship
As private companies test next-generation drone technology at Camp Grayling this week, Michigan is making a play for a rapidly expanding industry backed by billions in Pentagon spending. With a $30 billion defense and aerospace sector already supporting about 166,000 Michigan jobs, the bigger prize isn't what flies over Grayling — it's the companies, factories
