LANSING — GM is expected to build a new battery plant in Michigan and spend billions to expand an existing assembly plant here as the automaker transitions to all electric vehicles by 2035. GM is eyeing the Lansing area for a new battery plant, based on city records, a statement from the mayor, and a source familiar with
ANN ARBOR - Gina Adams founder of Wareologie, a magnetic button for people with disabilities, pivoted into developing portable parallel bars, what she describes as a game-changer for acute care, skilled nursing facilities, rehab, mobile therapy, and even outpatient clinics with small therapy gyms. She developed her new product with the help of Centrepolis Accelerator
LANSING - An effort to entice big businesses with government-backed incentives advanced in the Michigan Senate Thursday, just a day after the state House approved similar legislation. Senate Bills 769, 770 and 771 passed with bipartisan support in the Michigan Senate on Thursday and would create the “Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve Fund” and the
BOULDER, CO – According to a FlexJobs survey, 97 percent of workers want some form of remote work post-pandemic, with 58 percent preferring to be full-time remote and 39 percent opting for a hybrid work environment. What is Remote-first? How to Become a Remote-first Business To provide insight into the broad interest in remote career
DETROIT — DTE Energy announced it will complete a 40 percent increase in its renewable energy capacity this year by 535-megawatt increase includes three wind parks that began operating in the spring and one solar park that will come online before the end of the year. DTE’s generation portfolio now includes 1,862 megawatts of wind
DETROIT– Business Leaders for Michigan today announced that Randi Berris, a corporate communications leader and former statewide news editor, has joined the organization as vice president of marketing and communications, effective Nov. 30. Berris comes to Business Leaders from Huntington National Bank, where she served as senior vice president and director of external communications. Berris
GRAND RAPIDS - LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc. has secured $1.36 billion in financing to support battery manufacturing expansions in North America, at least some of which will happen in Holland, the Detroit News reported last week. Meanwhile, officials with Jackson-based utility Consumers Energy confirmed to MiBiz that the company is in discussions with state
HOUSTON - NASA on Monday inaugurated 10 new astronaut candidates who could walk on the moon within the next decade, or carry out research on the International Space Station. The new astronaut candidate class is NASA’s 23rd since 1959, when seven astronauts were picked by the military for Project Mercury, the first American human spaceflight
LANSING — The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association will issue $3 billion in auto insurance refunds — $400 per insured vehicle — to Michigan drivers, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Department of Insurance and Financial Services announced Tuesday. Drivers are expected to receive checks in the second quarter of 2022, Whitmer said in a news release. Whitmer called for refunds on
ANN ARBOR - Tamara Shoemaker and Bridget Kravachenko provide deep dive on Cyber Patriot program that teaches grade school students from Kindergarten to 12th grade how to protect themselves from hackers and predators when they are surfing the Internet. The Michigan program, led by Tamara, also is seeking cybersecurity experts to serve as mentors to
