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Biden Missing Opportunity To Sway Young Voters On Legalizing Cannabis

WASHINGTON DC - Cannabis advocates say President Biden is missing an opportunity to sway young voters with his reluctance to take bigger steps to legalize marijuana at the federal level. The Biden administration has opened several avenues for marijuana reform including issuing federal pardons for simple possession and starting the process of potentially rescheduling marijuana’s status under

By |2024-02-24T12:35:52-05:00February 24th, 2024|Marijuana Business, News, Politics, Politics/Government|
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MEDC Doesn’t Want Recipients Pre-Picked for Startups

LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the state's business incentive arm, doesn't want the Governor's proposed $60 million innovation fund to be created with predetermined grant recipients in mind. "That's not the structure which is being proposed here," Amy Rencher, MEDC's vice president of small business services, told MIRS when asked about the possibility

By |2024-02-15T07:21:02-05:00February 13th, 2024|Government/Politics, Politics, Politics/Government, Small Business Association of Michigan|
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$7,500 EV Tax Credit Available Before Tax Season

WASHINGTON DC - Consumers no longer have to wait to file their annual tax returns to get a tax break for the purchase of a new electric vehicle. At the start of 2024, the federal “new clean vehicle” tax credit became available as a point-of-sale discount — worth up to $7,500 — at car dealerships.

By |2024-02-11T14:54:21-05:00February 11th, 2024|Featured, News, Politics, Politics/Government|
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$87.5 Million In Grants Announced To Help State Win Transformative Projects

LANSING – Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation in announcing approval of $87.5 million in grant funding for 18 projects across the state of Michigan through the Strategic Site Readiness Program to support the state’s efforts to compete for and win transformative projects. Through this funding for strategic site readiness and collaboration

By |2024-01-30T19:28:23-05:00January 30th, 2024|Featured, News, Politics, Politics/Government|
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UC Berkeley Graduate Students Use AI To Track Insider Trading By Congress

BERKELEY, Ca. - Fifth Year Master of Information and Data Science students Matthew Dodd, Aditya Shah, Jocelyn Thai, and Ethan Yen are the winners of the 5th Year MIDS Capstone Award for their project, PoliWatch. Their project addresses a common issue in Congress: insider trading. Despite a fifth of trades by Congress being reported as problematic, little has been done to hold

By |2024-01-30T19:08:53-05:00January 30th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence, Politics, Politics/Government|
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US House, Senate Cut Deal To Restore Business Deductions, Low-Income Tax Credits

WASHINGTON DC - Top tax writers in Congress announced a deal Tuesday morning to beef up the child tax credit (CTC) and reinstate business deductions that were taken away to pay for the reduction of the corporate tax rate in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The CTC expansion would increase the maximum credit

By |2024-01-16T13:03:14-05:00January 16th, 2024|Politics, Politics/Government|
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Michigan Offers Green And White Water Wonderland Plate, Enhanced Security Driver’s License

LANSING – Your can order your green and white "water wonderland" license plate on Jan. 27. Plus next time you renew your driver's license you'll get what the state describes as "cutting-edge security design." "I am proud to bring back a green and white plate that pays tribute to the civil rights advancements of 1963 along

By |2024-01-01T14:04:52-05:00January 1st, 2024|Featured, Politics, Politics/Government|
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MEDC Announces Major Developments In Detroit’s Corktown District

LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation last week announced three community revitalization projects that will bring economic growth, housing, and increased vibrancy to the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit. The projects, expected to generate a total capital investment of $67.2 million, are intended to meet housing needs in response to Ford Motor Company’s globally recognized

By |2023-12-19T12:48:25-05:00December 19th, 2023|mitechtv, Politics, Politics/Government|
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Developments In Detroit’s Corktown To Bring Attainable Housing Options Near Ford’s Central Station District

LANSING – The Michigan Economic Development Corporation last week announced three community revitalization projects that will bring economic growth, housing, and increased vibrancy to the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit. The projects, expected to generate a total capital investment of $67.2 million, are intended to meet housing needs in response to Ford Motor Company’s globally recognized

By |2024-11-20T13:22:20-05:00December 15th, 2023|News, Politics, Politics/Government|
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MPSC Approves $368 Million Rate Increase For DTE – $6.51 Monthly For Residential Customer

LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved a $368 million rate increase for customers of DTE Electric Co., a reduction of more than 40% from the $622 million rate increase the company initially requested to fund its planned infrastructure investments to boost reliability and speed up deployment of clean energy generation. With today’s

By |2023-12-06T09:04:33-05:00December 5th, 2023|Featured, News, Politics, Politics/Government|
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