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Survey: Americans Are Retiring Earlier Than They Expected

NEW YORK - Americans are currently retiring earlier than they expected — but four out of five still struggle with the retirement process, new research suggests. A recent survey of 2,000 retired Americans found that they’d initially expected to retire at 63.2 years old, on average, but instead did so at 61.5 years old, beating

By |2023-06-12T08:18:57-04:00June 11th, 2023|Featured, News|

iHemp Michigan Seeks To Rebuild Hemp Industry, Seeks State Help

ANN ARBOR - The Hemp industry in Michigan thrived 80 years ago. Then prohibition came. Under the 2018 Farm Bill Hemp was made legal to grow again, but the rebirth has been rocky at best. Dave Crabill, president of iHemp Michigan, appears on MITech TV to talk about what's need to make Hemp thrive once

By |2023-06-11T12:51:46-04:00June 11th, 2023|Marijuana Business, mitechtv, News|

June Is Here And With It Higher Electricity Costs Across Michigan

ANN ARBOR – Just in time for summer temperatures in Michigan, DTE Energy and Consumers Energy upped on June 1 electricity prices, so called “time of day” charges, meaning if you use electricity in the middle of the day Monday through Friday you will pay more. For DTE customers, higher rates are in effect between

By |2023-06-01T15:58:04-04:00June 1st, 2023|Featured, News|

Living Coffin Turns Human Flesh Into Compost

LONDON, UK - Want to become part of the environment when you die? Loop Living Cocoon has an answer, the world's first living coffin that enriches nature by biodegrading in just 45 days and gives human nutrients back in the most natural way. Yup. Sounds like the premise for a horror movie. The Loop Living

By |2023-05-30T08:31:55-04:00May 27th, 2023|Featured, Hemp, Marijuana Business, News|

ITC Conducting Aerial Patrols Of Transmission Lines In Michigan

NOVI - ITC is conducting aerial patrols of the high-voltage transmission structures and lines in Michigan from approximately through June 8, weather permitting. The helicopter patrols are conducted to provide an overall status of the overhead transmission system that is operated by ITC’s Michigan operating entities, ITCTransmission and Michigan Electric Transmission Company. The aerial inspections

By |2023-05-21T17:58:37-04:00May 21st, 2023|Featured, News|

ITC Establishes Jon E. Jipping Annual Scholarship At Michigan Technical University

HOUGHTON – ITC Holdings Corp., the nation’s largest independent electricity transmission company, has established an annual scholarship fund for civil and electrical engineering students at Michigan Technological University to honor its retired chief operating officer and Michigan Tech Board of Trustees member Jon E. Jipping. “Over the years, I’ve witnessed Jon’s passion and commitment to developing students,

By |2023-05-16T10:16:33-04:00May 16th, 2023|News|

Michigan CEO Survey: Economic Outlook For State Improves, Talent Remains Concern

DETROIT – Michigan’s top executives say their economic outlook for both Michigan and the country has improved slightly, but the optimism is tempered by concerns about the state’s talent pool, according to Business Leaders for Michigan’s most recent quarterly economic outlook survey released today. A majority of the respondents, 54%, expect Michigan’s economy to remain

By |2023-05-15T11:08:07-04:00May 15th, 2023|Featured, News|

Mental Health, Workforce Development Top Priorities For Tegion’s County Leaders

SOUTHFIELD—The county executives of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties got together for a discussion Friday sponsored by the Detroit Regional Chamber, a bit of a preview of the traditional “Big Four” meeting at the Chamber’s Mackinac Conference that also includes the Detroit mayor.  Warren Evans of Wayne County, Dave Coulter of Oakland County, and Mark

By |2023-05-09T08:36:01-04:00May 9th, 2023|News|

Report: Economy Flattening, Concerns Rise Over Employment Picture

GRAND RAPIDS -- West Michigan manufacturers continue to signal a slowing economy as Grand Valley State University’s closely watched monthly purchasing managers survey showed continued softness and increased caution. “We are well aware that the office furniture business remains soft, and we had hoped that the pent-up demand in automotive would help keep the West

By |2023-05-08T10:02:29-04:00May 7th, 2023|Featured, News|