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8ThirtyFour | What to Know about the Corporate Transparency Act Mid-2024

Michigan Business Network
June 26, 2024 1:00 PM

As a small business that supports other small businesses, we get pretty fired up when the government makes changes that have the potential to screw us over. Enter the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).

If you haven’t seen Kim’s recent article on this, the CTA requires every small business in the country to provide their personal information to the federal government. It can lead to fines and even imprisonment for noncompliance if they don’t. In a world where small business owners are already at a disadvantage and constantly overburdened, is this really the message we want to send them?

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Foster Swift Welcomes Murray to Southfield

Michigan Business Network
June 26, 2024 12:00 PM

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – Foster Swift Collins & Smith, P.C. welcomes Matthew C. Murray to the firm’s Southfield office,

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LEO | MIHI Launches $13M Grant Process for Michigan's Inclusive Training, Technology and Equity Network

Michigan Business Network
June 26, 2024 10:00 AM

The Michigan High Speed Internet Office invites organizations to apply to be host sites for Digital Navigators.

LANSING, Mich.— Today, the Michigan High Speed Internet Office (MIHI) launched Michigan's Inclusive Training, Technology and Equity Network (MITTEN), a $13 million grant program to bolster digital inclusion and capacity building efforts for regional entities and collaboratives throughout the state.

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Senator Peters Leads Senate Colleagues in Urging Department of Energy to Promote EV Battery Recycling

Michigan Business Network
June 26, 2024 9:00 AM

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Peter Welch (VT) led a group of a dozen colleagues in urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to bolster the nation’s supply of electric vehicle (EV) batteries by promoting the emerging EV battery recycling industry. In a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, the senators highlight the need for DOE to work with states to coordinate battery collection and prioritize funding technologies that facilitate battery recycling.

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Consumers Energy Overnight Shift Crews Restore over 100,0000 Customers

Michigan Business Network
June 26, 2024 8:00 AM

JACKSON, Mich., June 26, 2024 – After a productive overnight shift, hundreds of Consumers Energy and contractor crews from five neighboring states restored power to over 100,000 customers. This restoration was needed as a result of a large thunderstorm which swept the state early Tuesday morning, featuring winds in excess of 70 mph, thunder, lightning and in some locations hail.

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Senator Stabenow Announces Permanent Funding for Summer Meals for School Aged Children and Expanded Flexibility to Meet Children’s Needs

Michigan Business Network
June 25, 2024 3:00 PM

Senator Stabenow’s legislative victory will feed 21 million children across the country and almost 900,000 in Michigan this summer 

HAZEL PARK, MICH. As students begin their summer vacations, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) was joined by community leaders in Hazel Park to announce new summer meal options for school-aged children in Michigan and across the country.

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Hundreds of Consumers Energy Lineworkers to Work Around the Clock

Michigan Business Network
June 25, 2024 1:00 PM

After Severe Thunderstorm Hits Michigan

JACKSON, Mich., June 25, 2024 – Consumers Energy has hundreds of lineworkers working to restore power around the clock after a severe thunderstorm with damaging winds swept across Michigan this morning. Consumers Energy is working to add more crews to join the restoration effort throughout the day.

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AAA Will Rescue Nearly 800,000 Stranded Drivers Around the 4th of July Holiday

Michigan Business Network
June 25, 2024 7:00 AM

The Auto Club Group Urges Motorists to Get a Vehicle Inspection Before their Road Trip

DEARBORN, Mich., (June 25, 2024) — As a record-setting 2.6 million Michigan residents prepare to set out for an Independence Day road trip, AAA urges drivers to make sure their vehicle is ready for the road.

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Consumers Energy Closer to Achieving Clean Energy Goals

Michigan Business Network
June 24, 2024 3:00 PM

with Agreement to Purchase Battery Storage

JACKSON, MI, June 24, 2024 -- Consumers Energy announced an agreement today that will add 100 megawatts of battery storage to their clean energy arsenal through a partnership with Jupiter Power. The agreement represents a significant milestone toward the company’s goal of reaching 550 megawatts of storage capacity by 2040.

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MSHDA Board Approves Funding for 546 Housing Units at June Meeting

Michigan Business Network
June 24, 2024 1:00 PM

Lansing, Mich. – Eight affordable housing developments were approved for funding across the state, including in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Traverse City and Ypsilanti, at the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) Board’s June meeting.

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