ALLENDALE — Grand Valley State University received a new $1.2 million federal grant to help increase the number of adults in Kent and Muskegon counties who pursue post-secondary education or vocational training. The five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education will open the GVSU Laker Educational Opportunity Center, a TRIO program providing financial and
DALLAS - Even when policymakers set the easiest rules for fossil fuel producers to follow, it seems like many companies choose to flout them anyway. A new analysis from Earthworks suggests that oil and gas producers in the Permian Basin in Texas, one of the largest oilfields in the world, are routinely emitting carbon dioxide and
ANN ARBOR - Dan Keelan, publisher of Michigan Marijuana Report, and Secretary of the Hero Project Board of Directors, provides the back story on the Fall For A Veteran awareness campaign that kicks off Saturday Sept. 11 and runs through Nov. 11. Over those 60 days, a saturation social media campaign hopes to make the
SAULT STE. MARIE - Lake Superior State University has secured a long-term partnership with Cambium Analytica, a Michigan cannabis testing laboratory, through a $250,000 donation over five years that will help fund the school’s Living-Learning House for Cannabis Studies and various academic research programs for students pursuing a degree in the cutting-edge field. LSSU held
TROY—A balky transmission? Poor fit and finish? Nope. The automotive quality analysis firm J.D. Power’s latest U.S. Initial Quality Study found that smartphone connections are now the No. 1 quality complaint with new cars. Overall, new vehicle quality improved 2% from 2020 to 2021, the survey found. This is slightly lower than the average
ANN ARBOR - Nick Dodge, spokesman for the League Of Conservation Voters, asks the question why can't the electric public utilities keep the lights on? Despite tens of millions of dollars in recent rate increases for both DTE and Consumers Energy, electric power outages this summer have impacts more than 10 percent of Michigan's population.
ANN ARBOR - Kathleen Norton-Schock returns to MITech TV with co-hosts Mike Brennan from MITechNews.Com and Matt Roush from ESD's Technology Century to update all the summer happenings with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology and preview a bushel basket full of events scheduled for the fall. Kathleen Norton-Schock Join a community that delivers
TORONTO, Can. - In what appears to be one of the first big cannabis consolidations in Michigan, Canadian-based TerrAscend plans to enter Michigan's rapidly growing cannabis market through the acquisition of Detroit-based Gage Growth in an all-stock deal reportedly worth $545 million. TerrAscend, which has operations in both the U.S. and Canada, said the deal will
ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV Aug. 30, Kathleen Norton-Schock returned to update happenings with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology. Nick Dodge from the Michigan League of Conservation Voters discussed his organization’s demand for an investigation into power outages by DTE and Consumer’s Energy. Dan Lohrmann provided background on his recent article about
ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV today at 2 pm, Kathleen Norton-Schock returns to update happenings with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology. Nick Dodge from the Michigan League of Conservation Voters will discuss his organization’s demand for an investigation into power outages by DTE and Consumer’s Energy. Dan Lohrmann provides background on his
