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Marijuana Regulatory Agency To Allow Medical Provisioning Centers To Adult-Use

LANSING  - The Marijuana Regulatory Agency announced Wednesday that adult-use marijuana retailers who also hold a license for a medical marijuana provisioning center may transfer marijuana product from their medical inventory to their adult-use inventory, beginning this Sunday, in accordance with the recent advisory bulletin. Beginning December 1, 2019, licensed provisioning centers may transfer up

By |2019-11-27T17:26:45-05:00November 27th, 2019|Marijuana Business, News|

Ann Arbor Has 3 Shops Approved To Sell Recreational Marijuana

ANN ARBOR - Michiganders may be flocking to Ann Arbor Dec. 1st The State of Michigan has now issued 3 licenses for shops where you can purchase marijuana products! Mlive has reported that both new licensees stated their focus has been and will remain medical patients. Bartek Kupczyk, the newly appointed director of retail sales at Greenstone informed

By |2019-11-26T19:37:47-05:00November 26th, 2019|Marijuana Business, News|

Website Future Planning For Business Webinar Downloadable Materials

On November 12, 2019, SmartFinds Marketing announced its website future planning webinar "Website Future Planning Webinar Discusses Strategy, Security and Budget For Business". The webinar was conducted on Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at 9:00 AM EST and recorded for everyone to listen to on-demand. The webinar was educational and intended for businesses to consider website

By |2019-11-26T07:49:31-05:00November 26th, 2019|Digital Marketing, Internet, Social Media|

Michigan’s Economy Weathers A Challenging Year

ANN ARBOR—The Michigan economy turned decidedly chilly this year as the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors, the trade war, and job cuts at Ford and GM all contributed to the slowest annual growth since the Great Recession. But sustained growth should return for 2020 and 2021, albeit at a modest pace compared with

By |2019-11-22T17:36:17-05:00November 22nd, 2019|Featured, News|

US Economy Set To Continue Slow And Steady Growth

ANN ARBOR—The U.S. economy, buoyed by low unemployment rates along with robust consumer spending, marked its longest expansion in history this summer yet the pace of growth has cooled. Get ready for a continued slowdown ahead, as growth slides from 2.9% a year ago to 2.3% this year, and to 1.7% in 2020-21, according to

By |2019-11-22T17:33:08-05:00November 22nd, 2019|News|

Michigan Angel Fund Looking For A Few More Qualified Investors Before Fund Closes

ANN ARBOR – If you want to join one of Michigan’s most active angel funds, you’ll have to do so quickly. Michigan Angel Fund Managing Partner Skip Simms said in an interview with MITechNews.Com that the sidecar fund is nearly closed. “We only accept new members when we are repopulating the sidecar fund,” he said.

By |2019-11-22T16:57:04-05:00November 22nd, 2019|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

DTE Energy’s “Charging Forward” EV Program Quickly Accelerates

DETROIT -- DTE Energy said its electric vehicle charging station program, Charging Forward, has approved 150 charger port rebates since the program launched earlier this summer. DTE launched the Charging Forward program to increase EV awareness while offering residential Level 2 charger rebates, and public Level 2 and DC Fast Charging (DCFC) infrastructure enablement incentives to

By |2019-11-22T14:08:05-05:00November 22nd, 2019|Auto Tech|

MCWT Names Diane Jones Its ‘Woman of the Year in Technology’

DETROIT – The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation named Diane Jones its “Woman of the Year in Technology.” Jones is executive director of administration for Information and Technology Services and the office of the vice president for information technology and chief information officer, University of Michigan. The fourth annual MCWT award recognizes women

By |2019-11-22T12:26:43-05:00November 22nd, 2019|New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Michigan Education Trust Announces Prepaid College Tuition Program Reopens Dec. 1

LANSING – The Michigan Education Trust (MET) Board of Directors announced this week that the state’s prepaid college tuition program will reopen enrollment on Dec. 1, allowing those who buy a contract by the end of the year to qualify for a deduction on their Michigan tax return. MET contract holders are eligible for a

By |2019-11-22T11:11:54-05:00November 22nd, 2019|Politics, Politics/Government|

Marijuana Security Operations Looking For Pros With Armed Security Skills

BAY CITY – Grady Emmons started Precision Risk Management Group in 2006 to provide such services as surveillance investigations and secure diamond transport. But in 2018, Emmons changed the company’s name to Marijuana Security Operations to become a security player in the nascent Michigan cannabis industry. Now MSO provides security planning, armed guards, and soon

By |2020-11-24T15:17:05-05:00November 21st, 2019|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|