LANSING — The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) announced that approximately $16 million in funding is available for cycle 2 of the Going PRO Talent Fund. Michigan employers have until May 2, to apply for funding to help train, develop and retain current and newly hired employees in high-demand, high-skill positions. Since
LANSING — Michigan’s Minimum Wage will increase twice in 2025 – first increasing on Jan. 1, 2025, following the usual rate increase schedule, and again on Feb. 21, 2025, in accordance with the recent Michigan Supreme Court ruling regarding the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (IWOWA), PA 337 of 2018, schedule. Minimum Hourly Wage Rate
LANSING – Michigan has been awarded $750,000 to support workers in securing well-paying jobs in infrastructure and clean energy. The Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity (LEO) received this grant from the Families & Workers Fund. This award recognizes LEO's Community & Worker Economic Transition Office as a winner of the Powering Climate and
LANSING The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced the creation of Michigan’s Growth Office. The Office is tasked with implementing the Growing Michigan Together Council’s blueprint for growth, passed 19-1 in December 2023. With Gov. Whitmer signing an executive order deeming the Council’s work complete, Michigan’s Growth Office will lead the state’s population growth work
The Biden administration has unveiled a detailed road map to help spur build-out of charging and hydrogen refueling infrastructure for big trucks. Why it matters: Diesel-powered freight movement is a big source of carbon dioxide, and dangerous air pollutants like fine particulate matter. Yet lack of infrastructure to support electric and hydrogen models is a barrier to
LANSING - Every vehicle in the state government’s fleet must be zero-emissions by 2040 after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order establishing the goal. The order defines zero-emissions as “any vehicles that use a propulsion technology that does not produce greenhouse-gas emissions,” which leaves the door open to options beyond electric vehicles. Whitmer has
WASHINGTON DC - A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives, led by Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, have reintroduced legislation repealing the federal prohibition of cannabis and providing resources to assist in regulating the state-licensed cannabis industry. House Bill 6028, The States Reform Act, removes cannabis from the US Controlled
LANSING — The Michigan Senate voted Thursday to require that all of the state’s energy come from sources that do not emit climate warming gases by 2040. On Thursday, Oct. 26, the Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly approved a bill package that would mandate a stepped increase in Michigan’s renewable power standard over the next seventeen years
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission approved nearly $50 million in state funds for low-carbon energy infrastructure enhancement and development projects across the state, supporting projects including grid-scale energy storage, community solar, electric vehicle infrastructure, renewable natural gas and expansion of natural gas to areas now reliant on propane. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission Jan. 17 posted the responses to its request for proposals (RFP) for Low-Carbon Energy Infrastructure Enhancement and Development Grants. Public Act 53 and Public Act 166 of 2022, approved by the Michigan Legislature and signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, provide for a combined $50 million in grants for
