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MEDC’s International Trade Program Wins Award For Expansion Of U.S. Exports

MEDC’s International Trade Program Wins Award For Expansion Of U.S. Exports

LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s International Trade Program has received the President’s “E” Award for Export Service, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley announced Tuesday. The President’s “E” Award, presented Monday in Washington, D.C., is the highest recognition any U.S. entity can receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports. “In today’s

By Staff Writer|2017-05-24T09:37:33-04:00May 23rd, 2017|Politics|

Michigan House Approves Constitutional Amendment On Electronic Data

Michigan House Approves Constitutional Amendment On Electronic Data

LANSING - A joint resolution extending Michigan's Constitution's prohibition against unreasonable government search and seizures to electronic data and communications unanimously cleared the House. The amendment, HJR C, passed 107-0, easily clearing the two-thirds majority requirement. If it passes the Senate, also with a two-thirds minimum vote, it will go on the ballot in 2018.

By Gongwer|2017-05-23T17:29:13-04:00May 23rd, 2017|Politics|

New Forecast Shows State Economy Diversifying

New Forecast Shows State Economy Diversifying

LANSING - The Michigan and U.S. economies should continue growing over the next two years, but that growth will be slower as the economy tries to deal with near full-employment situation and demographic changes as more Baby Boomers retire and more millennials go into the jobs market, economists said Wednesday at the May Revenue Estimating

By Staff Writer|2017-05-23T17:29:24-04:00May 23rd, 2017|Politics|

Vehicle Innovation Act Focused On Clean Vehicle, Advanced Safety Tech Reintroduced

Vehicle Innovation Act Focused On Clean Vehicle, Advanced Safety Tech Reintroduced

WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) are reintroducing the bipartisan Vehicle Innovation Act to encourage investments in research and development of clean vehicle and advanced safety technologies to increase fuel efficiency and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. In the 114th Congress, Senators Peters, Alexander and

By Staff Writer|2017-05-18T20:03:17-04:00May 18th, 2017|Auto Tech, Politics|

Barracuda Networks To Expand In Ann Arbor With $750,000 State Grant

Barracuda Networks To Expand In Ann Arbor With $750,000 State Grant

LANSING – Barracuda Networks is expanding in Ann Arbor with support from the Michigan Strategic Fund and Ann Arbor SPARK, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced Thursday. “Barracuda’s investment means Michigan residents will have good job opportunities that could well have gone to other states,” said Steve Arwood, CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation,

By Mike Brennan|2017-05-19T13:41:42-04:00May 18th, 2017|News, Politics|

FCC Approves Plan To Roll Back Net Neutrality Rules – Major Political Battle Looms

FCC Approves Plan To Roll Back Net Neutrality Rules – Major Political Battle Looms

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved a plan to begin rolling back Obama-era net neutrality rules, reopening a battle over internet regulation that has raged for much of the last decade, the Wall Street Journal reported. The agency’s Republican commissioners pushed through the measure, 2-1, overriding opposition from the panel’s lone Democrat. The commission

By The Wall Street Journal|2017-05-18T18:07:42-04:00May 18th, 2017|News, Politics|

AFL-CIO Report: Report Claims CEO Pay Nearly 400 Times Production Worker Pay

AFL-CIO Report: Report Claims CEO Pay Nearly 400 Times Production Worker Pay

LANSING - A report issued Wednesday by the AFL-CIO shows that chief executives for Michigan companies made 391 times the average pay for non-supervisory staff in 2016. The Executive PayWatch Report showed the average compensation for CEOs of Michigan S&P 500 companies was $14.71 million last year, compare $37,600 for production and other non-supervisory staff.

By Gongwer|2017-05-11T18:22:36-04:00May 11th, 2017|Politics|

Michigan Senate GOP Rejects Moving $542 Million In Reserved Funds To Repair Michigan Roads

Michigan Senate GOP Rejects Moving $542 Million In Reserved Funds To Repair Michigan Roads

LANSING - The Michigan Senate saw little controversy in moving its final budget bills Thursday outside of Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. calling for the savings from the other budgets being used for road construction. But, in the end, the most Senate opposition came on the higher education budget (SB 138), which passed 22-15, and the

By Gongwer|2017-05-04T21:32:40-04:00May 4th, 2017|Politics|

Michigan Congressional Delegation Votes Party Lines To Repeal Obamacare

Michigan Congressional Delegation Votes Party Lines To Repeal Obamacare

WASHINGTON DC - All nine Republicans in Michigan's U.S. House delegation voted for the federal health care bill that would repeal many of the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act like the penalty tax for those without coverage, reduce taxes on high-income earners and dramatically alter Medicaid coverage for the poor with

By Gongwer|2017-05-04T21:32:40-04:00May 4th, 2017|Featured, Politics|

State Agencies Need To Work Together To Foster Career, Technical Education

State Agencies Need To Work Together To Foster Career, Technical Education

LANSING - If career and technical education programs are going to gain the recognition that state leaders want, everyone involved needs to change how they talk about those programs, Governor Rick Snyder, Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Whiston and Talent and Economic Development Director Roger Curtis said in various presentations to the Governor's Education and

By Mike Brennan|2017-04-27T16:44:59-04:00April 27th, 2017|Politics|