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Gov. Whitmer Announces Nearly 240,000 Michigan Households Are Receiving Additional Home Heating Credit Payment

Michigan Business Network
October 13, 2023 3:00 PM

Additional $54 Payments Going Out Mid-October to Help Heating Costs 

LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that nearly 240,000 Michigan households that received Home Heating Credits for the 2022 tax year are receiving an additional one-time payment this month.  

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LEO | Growing Michigan Together Council Invites Residents to Community Picnic

Michigan Business Network
October 13, 2023 2:00 PM

Council seeks input from residents to find out what factors makes Michigan an appealing place to call home

Detroit, Mich.The Growing Michigan Together Council has partnered with The Skillman Foundation to host a community picnic for Detroit residents. The Council is tasked with generating ideas that could grow Michigan’s population.

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LEO | Michigan’s Adult Students to Benefit from $350,000 Investment to Meet the Governor’s Sixty by 30 Goal

Michigan Business Network
October 13, 2023 11:00 AM

LEO partners with Michigan College Access Network to hire additional Completion Coaches to support students 

Lansing, Mich.To help students with the critical support they need to successfully enroll in classes and complete a skill certificate or associate degree, the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) has invested $350,000 into the Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) College Completion Corps to support Michigan's adult students, with a focus on serving Futures for Frontliners and Michigan Reconnect students.

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ICYMI: Michigan Business Beat | Jason Cords, Shaheen Chevrolet, Shaheen Cadillac, Recent News and a Focus on Their Website

Michigan Business Beat
October 13, 2023 9:00 AM

Jeffrey Mosher welcomes back Jason Cords, Executive Manager, Shaheen Chevrolet, Shaheen Cadillac, Lansing, MI

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Governor Whitmer Signs Bipartisan Bills to Fill Teacher Shortage, Create High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes in Michigan

Michigan Business Network
October 13, 2023 8:00 AM

LANSING, Mich.—Tuesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bipartisan legislation to allow retired teachers and public school employees to return to work while continuing to receive the retirement benefits that they earned, helping fill the teacher shortage in Michigan. 

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LEO | Growing Michigan Together Council Receives Population Growth Ideas from Workgroups

Michigan Business Network
October 13, 2023 7:00 AM

The Council assembled workgroups to collect data, conduct research and collaborate to generate ideas that could grow Michigan’s population 

Lansing, Mich.Thursday the Growing Michigan  Together Council (GMTC) assembled for a public meeting to receive findings and ideas from its workgroups and public engagement activities since the Council’s inception over the summer.

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Flint Promise Scholarship Program Moves Into its Fifth Year

Michigan Business Network
October 12, 2023 11:00 AM

46 students have graduated debt-free so far thanks to local scholarship program 

(FLINT, Mich., 10/10/2023) Over the last five years, 46 Flint Promise Scholars graduated from Kettering University, Mott Community College, and University of Michigan-Flint without student loan debt thanks to the Flint Promise Scholarship Program, a last-dollar scholarship facilitated by Flint & Genesee Education & Talent, a division of the Flint & Genesee Group. 

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DTMB | Onaway Spruce Becomes State of Michigan's 36th Christmas Tree

Michigan Business Network
October 11, 2023 2:00 PM

LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB) has selected the official 2023 state Christmas tree. A 60-foot spruce will be harvested from Onaway in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Onaway resident Vic Ruppert and his family have donated the tree in honor of his late wife Shirley Ruppert. The spruce will arrive in downtown Lansing to grace the Capitol lawn for the holiday season on Saturday, Oct. 28.

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ICYMI: Michigan Business Beat | Nicole Noll-Williams - Capital Region International Airport - Construction and Carrier Update

Michigan Business Beat
October 11, 2023 11:00 AM

Chris Holman welcomes back Nicole Noll-Williams, president and CEO of the Capital Region Airport Authority, Lansing, MI.

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ICYMI: Gov. Whitmer Launches ‘You Can in Michigan’ National Marketing Campaign to Grow Economy, Attract and Retain Talent

Michigan Business Network
October 11, 2023 9:00 AM

Great Lakes State makes its pitch for American workers to take advantage of high-tech jobs, quality of life, and welcoming communities   

LANSING, Mich. — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and leaders with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) unveiled “You Can in Michigan” — a new talent attraction marketing campaign launching nationally to fill open jobs, grow Michigan’s population and drive the state’s economic future forward.

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