mikebrennan

About Mike Brennan

Founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology writer at newspapers in New York, NY, San Jose, CA., Seattle, WA., Memphis, TN., Detroit, MI., and London, England. He co-founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service (SEATTLE), which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries.

Former Nurse With Traumatic Brain Injury Used Cannabis To Relieve Pain

ROYAL OAK - Cannabis Educator and Advocate Nikki Lawley talks about how using cannabis helped her relieve pain from a traumatic brain injury she received from a patient. To view this video, click on https://mimarijuanareport.com/2020/03/19/former-nurse-with-traumatic-brain-injury-used-cannabis-to-relieve-pain/

By |2020-03-19T11:12:19-04:00March 19th, 2020|Marijuana Business, News|

Two Traverse City Companies Team Up To Provide Drive-Through COVID19 Testing Popups

TRAVERSE CITY – Two Traverse City companies are working together to offer drive-through COVID-19 testing centers that would include the tent to house staff and the software that would facilitate testing and samples that would be sent to laboratories to determine if the person tested has coronavirus. Russell Schindler, CEO of SampleServe, has spent more

By |2020-03-18T14:46:17-04:00March 18th, 2020|Featured, Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Coronavirus: Amazon Suspends All Warehouse Shipments Except Medical Supplies, High-Demand Products

SEATTLE - Amazon has temporarily suspended the shipment of all items from independent merchants to its warehouses that are not medical supplies or “high-demand” products. This temporary suspension will go through 5 April as the e-commerce giant prioritises products relating to combating the growing coronavirus pandemic. “We are temporarily prioritising household staples, medical supplies and other high-demand

By |2020-03-17T18:28:35-04:00March 17th, 2020|Featured, Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

MRA Issues Emergency Rules To Allow Home And Curbside Delivery Via Online Sales

LANSING - The Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency on Monday issued Emergency Rules in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that lets licensed provisioning center and adult-use retailer to provide home delivery services through online sales.  However, the MRA must approve the delivery procedure used by the designated licensed facility or adult-use establishment. The bulletin that

By |2020-03-17T16:06:54-04:00March 17th, 2020|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Study: 1 in 6 American Workers Could Be Negatively Impacted By Social Distancing

MUNCIE, Indiana – About 1 in 6 workers, or about 17 percent of U.S. employees, could be negatively impacted if social distancing becomes the norm as the nation attempts to contain COVID-19, says a new Ball State University report. “Occupational Exposure to Social Distancing: A Preliminary Analysis Using O*NET Data,” an analysis by Ball State’s

By |2020-03-18T07:41:42-04:00March 16th, 2020|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Coronavirus Mitigation, Lightening Strike Tech, Cannabis Health, Battle Creek Grow Facility

ROYAL OAK - On MITech TV March 16, Coronavirus Expert Frederick Brown will discuss steps that need to be taken now to mitigate the pandemic. Victor Koppang from EMPDefense will describe his technology that provides lightening protection in stadiums. Nikki Lawley, Cannabis Advocate and Educator, talks about how traumatic brain injury stole her joy, but

By |2024-04-04T14:18:48-04:00March 16th, 2020|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

New Study Reveals What Makes Girls and Women Enter – and Stay – In Technology

SOUTHFIELD - In its drive to make Michigan the No. 1 state for women in technology, the nonprofit Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation launched a multi-stakeholder research study to understand the state of girls and women in technology – what drives them, what challenges them and what makes them stay. The results provide

By |2020-03-16T09:22:07-04:00March 15th, 2020|Business, Entrepreneurs|

MITechNews Acts On Coronavirus Threat

ANN ARBOR - MITechNews.Com is offering special pricing through June 30 to cannabis, technology and business companies, including service providers impacted by lower sales due to the coronavirus business impacts. MITechNews sponsorships provide ads on its website (www.mitechnews.com), in its Monday eNewsletter to 4000 subscribers, on its MITech TV videocasts (www.mitechnews.com/mitechnews-tv/) plus another 10,000 plus social

By |2020-03-13T08:40:53-04:00March 11th, 2020|Featured, News|