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Cannabis Regulatory Agency Director Brisbo To Head Up LARA Bureau of Construction Codes

LANSING – In a surprise announcement Tuesday, Cannabis Regulatory Agency Director Andrew Brisbo will assume a new job in mid-September as Director of the Bureau of Construction Codes at LARA. Brisbo, who is on vacation this week, was not available for comment. But Robert Leddy, communications director for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who appointed Brisbo to

By |2022-08-09T15:55:06-04:00August 9th, 2022|Marijuana Business, News|

Read These Emergency Rules If You Plan To Sell, Grow Marijuana In Michigan

LANSING - The agency that regulates the selling and growing of marijuana in Michigan released emergency rules Wednesday to clarify the requirements for businesses that plan to sell pot to adults 21 and older. Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency plans to start taking business applications Nov. 1. The rules will remain in effect for six months and

By |2019-07-22T10:43:46-04:00July 5th, 2019|Marijuana Business, News|

Michigan LARA Creates Marihuana Bureau

LANSING - All of the state's medical marijuana licensing functions are now consolidated in the Bureau of Medical Marihuana Regulation in the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, the administration announced Thursday. Under the reorganization, the new bureau will hold the Michigan Medical Marihuana Program patient and caregiver registry as well as licensing medical marijuana

By |2017-04-14T10:52:02-04:00April 14th, 2017|Politics|

Michigan House Panel Trims LARA Budget

LANSING - Proposed funding for the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs will jump in the 2017-18 budget, but still be a bit smaller than Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposal following action by a House Appropriations subcommittee. The LARA subcommittee reported HB 4239 to the full House Appropriations Committee unanimously but at $1 million less than

By |2017-03-30T21:09:57-04:00March 30th, 2017|Business, Politics|

Michigan House Approves Uber, Lyft Regulations

LANSING - The House quickly and quietly approved regulations for transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft on Wednesday, giving final approval to a series of a series of House bills on an issue that remained unresolved for much of the last two terms. The House also made minor changes to SB 392, part of

By |2016-12-08T17:41:32-05:00December 8th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Politics|

LARA’s New Technology Saves Customers Time And Money

LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews Keith Lambert, Licensing and Regulatory Affair’s Bureau of Construction Codes Acting Director, to learn more about the launch of Accela e-PlanCheck. This real time electronic submission saves customers time and money, improves accuracy and allows the bureau to use resources

By |2016-11-29T16:26:52-05:00November 29th, 2016|Podcasts, Small Business Association of Michigan|

State Program Seeks To Connect Employers, STEM-Trained Immigrants

LANSING - The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs is launching a program to connect employers with foreign-born professionals, particularly in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. The Michigan International Talent Solutions program, created by the Michigan Office for New Americans within LARA, plans to offer customized job search training to skilled and permanently

By |2015-11-03T20:13:41-05:00November 3rd, 2015|Featured, Politics|