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Veteran Michigan Business Journalists Launch Boutique Executive Thought Leadership & Industry Visibility Agency

ANN ARBOR — As artificial intelligence floods the internet with generic content and shrinking attention spans make visibility harder than ever, two veteran Michigan business journalists are launching a boutique executive communications and thought leadership agency designed to help companies “own the conversation” in their industries. Longtime technology journalists Mike Brennan and Matt Roush have

By |2026-05-28T12:12:42-04:00May 28th, 2026|Entrepreneurs, ESD, Featured, New Products, New Products / Contracts|
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Michigan Launches Innovation Alliance As State Struggles To Keep Startups From Leaving

LANSING - Michigan’s innovation economy faces a growing competitiveness problem: Michigan ranks 32nd nationally in early- and growth-stage startup funding, according to a 2025 innovation scorecard from Business Leaders for Michigan. Leading innovation states including California, Washington and Colorado have grown their innovation economies at “twice the rate or more of Michigan” over the past

By |2026-05-28T10:43:16-04:00May 28th, 2026|Business, Entrepreneurs, Featured, Government/Politics, Politics, Politics/Government|
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Michigan Teens Face Tougher Summer Job Market In 2026 Despite Rising Hourly Pay

LANSING — Michigan teenagers searching for summer jobs in 2026 could face a more competitive labor market than in recent years, even as hourly wages continue climbing across many entry-level industries. A new forecast released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget projects roughly 252,500 teens ages 16 to 19 will participate in

By |2026-05-24T13:16:05-04:00May 24th, 2026|ESD, Featured|
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Cannabis Industry Faces New Wave Of “Big Tobacco”-Style Litigation Risk

ANN ARBOR - Three of the nation’s largest cannabis operators — Cresco Labs, Green Thumb Industries, and Verano Holdings — have been named in a sweeping federal class-action lawsuit that alleges violations of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), consumer fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and other claims tied to the marketing and sale

By |2026-05-20T13:38:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|
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AI Boom Could Bring Massive Gas Power Plant To Farmland Outside Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR - A controversial proposal to build a major natural gas-fired power plant on farmland outside Ann Arbor may signal the beginning of a much larger transformation now reshaping Michigan’s economy, energy grid, and political landscape. What initially appears to be a local land-use dispute is increasingly tied to a national race to build

By |2026-05-20T13:38:35-04:00May 19th, 2026|Featured, News|
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Michigan Economy Showing New Signs Of Strain As Gas Prices And Global Uncertainty Rise

GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan’s economy continued to expand in April, but rising oil prices, tariff uncertainty and growing fears about a broader national slowdown are beginning to cloud the outlook across the entire state of Michigan. That was the takeaway from the latest monthly industrial survey by Grand Valley State University economist Brian Long,

By |2026-05-12T15:58:30-04:00May 12th, 2026|Featured, News|
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Rising Oil Prices Threaten Michigan’s Three Economic Pillars As Iran Crisis Ripples Through Global Markets

ANN ARBOR - Michigan’s economy could face mounting pressure later this summer as rising oil prices tied to the growing Middle East conflict begin spreading through the state’s three largest economic pillars — the auto industry, tourism and agriculture. Economists warn the full impact of the global energy shock may not hit consumers and businesses

By |2026-05-12T09:19:19-04:00May 12th, 2026|Featured, News|
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America’s $39 Trillion Debt Is Becoming Impossible To Ignore — And Michigan Could Feel The Impact

WASHINGTON DC - The United States national debt is rapidly approaching an almost unimaginable milestone: $39 trillion. The number is so enormous that economists, policymakers and ordinary Americans alike often struggle to truly grasp what it represents. A trillion dollars is not merely “a lot of money.” It is wealth on a scale that defies

By |2026-05-10T10:05:07-04:00May 10th, 2026|Featured, News|
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Could Chinese EVs Crush Detroit?

Part 1 or a two-part series on the Chinese auto threat to Michigan.  DETROIT - For generations, Detroit was the beating heart of American industrial power. In the decades following World War II, Michigan’s auto industry dominated not only the United States, but much of the global automobile market as well. During the 1950s and

By |2026-05-08T10:58:20-04:00May 8th, 2026|Auto Tech, Engineering Society of Detroit, ESD, Featured, Politics, Politics/Government|
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From Newsroom To Boardroom: Veteran Journalists Launch AI-Enhanced Executive Ghostwriting Service

ANN ARBOR - In an age flooded with AI-generated content, authentic storytelling may be more valuable than ever For decades, veteran Michigan journalists Mike Brennan and Matt Roush have interviewed entrepreneurs, CEOs, engineers, innovators, investors, and policymakers shaping the future of business and technology. Now the longtime MITechTV co-hosts are launching a new venture designed

By |2026-05-07T11:20:15-04:00May 7th, 2026|Featured, New Products, New Products / Contracts, News|
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