Michigan Supreme Court puts state emergency powers law on chopping block

Michigan Supreme Court puts state emergency powers law on chopping block

LANSING—The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Board of State Canvassers to certify Unlock Michigan petitions, paving the way for the Republican-led Legislature to repeal an invalidated law Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to issue emergency orders early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The two Democrats on the four-member canvassing board in April voted against certification, […]

Career Tech Center student named Top Dog in Ferris State competition

Career Tech Center student named Top Dog in Ferris State competition

MUSKEGON- Noah Boggess (Montague) a Machining/Engineering Technologies student at the Career Tech  Center in Muskegon, was awarded Top Dog (in reference to FSU’s bulldog mascot) status for his performance in the Ferris State University (FSU) Machining Competition. The contest, featuring 47 students from ten career tech centers across the state, tested student’s machining skills on […]

West Michigan Works! celebrates National Women in Construction Week with hiring event and employment resources

West Michigan Works! celebrates National Women in Construction Week with hiring event and employment resources

GRAND RAPIDS – March 3, 2020 – In celebration of National Women in Construction Week, March 7-13, 2021, West Michigan Works! will host a virtual construction hiring event on March 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Job seekers can register for 15-minute phone conversations with construction employers with immediate openings. Event registration is open […]

New Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has advice for Texas – and for the oil industry

New Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has advice for Texas – and for the oil industry

By Will Englund Jennifer Granholm, who was confirmed as secretary of energy by the Senate on Thursday, takes over a department with a $35 billion budget for an administration that has enthusiastically promoted the further development of clean energy. Even as the Senate vote was tallied, state legislators in Texas were holding hearings on the […]

Stuck at home, Michigan turns to alcohol amid COVID: Sales jump 20 percent

Stuck at home, Michigan turns to alcohol amid COVID: Sales jump 20 percent

Alcohol sales in Michigan surged 20 percent last year, as residents took to drinking while cloistered at home during the coronavirus pandemic, state records show. In a year in which little was normal and stress was plentiful, alcohol may have offered solace from thousands of illnesses, more than 15,400 statewide deaths and restrictions that forced […]

Baker College Cyber Defense Club Wins Michigan 2021 Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

Baker College Cyber Defense Club Wins Michigan  2021 Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

PHOTO: Kneeling (Left to Right): Faculty Advisor Steven Vincent; Faculty Advisor Matthew Hansel; Team Captain Samantha Canode Standing (Left to Right): Dylan Johnston; Brandon Webster; Nathan Hall; Tallon Komar; Dillon Viar; Anna Engel. Not pictured: Shaylynne Simons OWOSSO – An eight-person Baker College Cyber Defense Club undergraduate student team recently earned the top spot at […]

Grand Valley State University offering free tuition to some lower-income students

Grand Valley State University offering free tuition to some lower-income students

By Ron French Low-income students in six Michigan counties will be guaranteed free tuition at Grand Valley State University under a program announced Monday. The Grand Valley Pledge offers four years of tuition-free college for students in families earning under $50,000 a year who reside in Kent, Ottawa, Calhoun, Muskegon, Grand Traverse and Wayne counties. […]