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Bills Aim To Give Local Michigan Governments And Schools Additional Funding

LANSING - Michigan's lowest-funded cities, townships, villages, counties, and school districts would share $500 million in American Rescue Plan and infrastructure money under a plan announced by a pair of House Democrats Tuesday. Under the Raise Up Local Grant Match from Rep. Julie Brixie (D-Meridian Township) and Rep. Amos O'Neal (D-Saginaw) , introduced as HB

By |2021-12-05T16:44:12-05:00December 5th, 2021|Politics/Government|

FlexJobs Names 50 Virtual Companies Thriving on Remote Work

BOULDER, Co. – A recent FlexJobs survey revealed that 58 percent of respondents prefer a fully remote job post-pandemic. However, 42 percent also report that their employers will require them to return to the office full-time, and 27 percent will be expected to return to a hybrid model. To highlight the many different companies that

By |2021-12-05T14:35:16-05:00December 5th, 2021|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Is the Office Dying? Of Those Who Quit During the Pandemic, One In Four Did For Flexibility To Work From Anywhere

New York - As many companies wonder why their workplaces remain ghost towns, a new survey reveals that COVID concerns are not what’s discouraging staff from coming into the office. In fact, they are working from home because of the greater work-life balance it purportedly offers. Indeed, workers place such a premium on this balance,

By |2021-12-05T14:35:46-05:00December 5th, 2021|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

A Beginner’s Guide To Computer Modeling Software

DETROIT - The computer modeling world is huge, and there are endless types of models to create. It can be hard to know where to begin or which tools will best suit your needs. That's why we've compiled this guide for beginners interested in learning more about modeling software! This article tells you what you

By |2026-07-28T07:21:15-04:00December 2nd, 2021|Guest Columns|

Do You Need To Change Your Car Insurance If You Are Moving Out Of State?

DETROIT - The question of whether or not you need to change your car insurance is one many drivers grapple with when moving out of state. And rightly so. The regulation of the auto insurance industry falls under the jurisdiction of the respective states, and these regulations differ across the various states. When relocating, typically

By |2022-08-18T07:46:01-04:00December 2nd, 2021|Guest Columns|

Mary Barra: America’s Launching Pad For An All-Electric Future

DETROIT - Nearly 20 years ago, when I had the privilege of being the plant manager at General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, I could not have imagined the role it would someday play in charting the future of transportation. Over the past several months, we retooled this facility with the best, most advanced technology in

By |2021-12-02T15:10:04-05:00December 2nd, 2021|Auto Tech, Clean Update|

Intense Storms From Global Warming – A Mission To Study Them

DETROIT - As global warming has progressed, you might have noticed more weird weather, including more intense storms. It appears certain now that climate change does affect localized tropical storms and thunderstorms. Scientists want to know exactly how that’s happening. And they want to know how these storms in turn affect their climate models. So, in November 2021, NASA announced it had selected a new

By |2021-12-02T12:24:07-05:00December 2nd, 2021|Climate Change, Featured, Science|

Latest Cybersecurity Threats Disclosed By Stiennon and Lohrmann

ANN ARBOR - Cybersecurity professionals Richard Stiennon, founder of IT-Harvest, and Dan Lohrmann, VP at Presidio.Com, update the latest cyber threats and address how to fill the 600,000 cybersecurity job openings nationwide. Also covered was identifying a 28-year-old Russian hacker responsible for millions of dollars in ransomware attacks, zero trust defensive strategies, and insurers running

By |2021-12-01T18:29:12-05:00December 1st, 2021|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

State Of Michigan Drops Federal Lawsuit Against Enbridge Line 5 Shut Down

LANSING — The state of Michigan is dropping its federal lawsuit against oil company Enbridge over the Line 5 pipeline and will instead focus its efforts on a separate lawsuit that was filed in state court, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Tuesday. The change in legal strategy follows a federal judge's recent refusal to return the federal

By |2021-11-30T17:34:11-05:00November 30th, 2021|Clean Update, Government/Politics|

LG Energy Solution Gets $1.36 Billion To Build Electric-Vehicle Batteries

DETROIT - LG Energy Solution's Michigan office has secured $1.36 billion for investment into production facilities for electric-vehicle batteries in North America by 2024, the company confirmed Monday. The funding is a part of the plan from the batteries unit of South Korea-based LG Corp. to expand its solely owned annual production capacity in North

By |2021-11-30T17:34:38-05:00November 30th, 2021|Clean Update|