LANSING — The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity is encouraging manufacturers and their workforce/non-profit partners to apply for a share of $260,000 in funding to develop and implement transportation programs that improve employee retention, productivity and access to work. The Reliable Rides Incentive Grant Pilot Program builds on the recently-released Reliable Rides: Connecting
ANN ARBOR - During 2025, MichBio focused not just on visibility, but on building the underlying conditions that allow companies to start, scale, and stay in Michigan. Convening the Ecosystem, Statewide Convening Michigan’s life sciences community remained a central pillar of MichBio’s work in 2025, with a renewed emphasis on geographic reach, inclusivity, and high-value
NORWAY - A speculative proposal making the rounds again in global infrastructure circles imagines a 3,400-mile tunnel beneath the Atlantic Ocean, capable of moving passengers between New York and London in under an hour. Highlighted recently by Ecoportal, the concept carries a staggering $20 trillion price tag and relies on a combination of vacuum-tube travel
NOVI - Mid-Michigan residents will have a limited but meaningful opportunity this month to shape where a major new high-voltage transmission line may be built. ITC Michigan is hosting a series of community listening sessions in late January and early February to gather local input on preliminary routing for a proposed 345-kilovolt transmission line spanning
ANN ARBOR - Social Security’s financial outlook is worsening, raising the prospect of benefit reductions for tens of millions of Americans — including more than two million Michiganders — unless Congress acts within the next few years. The program’s retirement trust fund is projected to run out of money by 2033, with the disability trust
ANN ARBOR - An interstellar object passing briefly through the solar system has sparked renewed debate at the intersection of science, national security, and public trust—less because of what astronomers have found, and more because of what U.S. intelligence officials will not say. The object, known as 3I/ATLAS, is only the third confirmed visitor ever
ANN ARBOR - As transportation electrification accelerates, batteries have become the central technology reshaping everything from electric vehicles rolling off Michigan assembly lines to experimental aircraft preparing for first flight. While the automotive electric vehicle battery market continues to explode in size, a quieter — but strategically important — opportunity is emerging in aircraft batteries.
LANSING - Michigan regulators have approved custom electric rate agreements for a massive new data center proposed in Washtenaw County, a move supporters say will attract investment without raising rates — and critics say risks overloading an already stressed electric grid and pushing costs onto residents and businesses. In a December order, the Michigan Public
You probably think about your business in terms of sales, clients, or products. But what about your building? The floors, walls, even the foundation—these are part of your business too. Ignore small problems, and they grow fast. That’s why preventive maintenance matters. Even something like raised foundation repair can prevent headaches later. A small crack
ANN ARBOR — Plans for a six-story apartment complex next to Trader Joe’s on East Stadium Boulevard are moving forward as part of a broader effort to address continued demand for rental housing in Ann Arbor. With more than 27,500 renter-occupied units in the city — about 55 % of all housing — and vacancy
