THREE-WHEELIN’: TerraTrike employee Brandon Griffin, 29, of Caledonia shows off one of the firm’s creations on a trail through Cascade Township Park near Grand Rapids. TerraTrike is one of the 2013 “50 Companies to Watch” across Michigan. (Bridge photo/Lance Wynn) You can tell a lot about where the state’s economy has been and where it’s […]
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Almost all in 2006 '50 Companies to Watch' still in business
Strathmore Development Co., an East Lansing-based commercial and residential developer, was named to the “Michigan 50 Companies to Watch” list in 2006. Times were good, but Strathmore and many other promising companies on that list were about to experience the challenge of their young lives as the U.S. economy nosedived just a year later. “The […]
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Right to Work sparks political frenzy
Supporters of a proposal to end compulsory union membership had high hopes that neighboring Indiana’s recent adoption of Right to Work legislation would lead Michigan to soon follow the Hoosier state’s lead. That all changed on March 6 when a group backed by organized labor announced a ballot proposal for the November election that would […]
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Criticism mounts against Michigan Works
Jacora Seymore needs a job. Larry Harb needs an employee. Both have tried meeting their needs — so far without success — through the Michigan Works program, the network of agencies charged with matching Michigan’s unemployed with employers. Seymore, a single mother, who receives public assistance to support her two young daughters, fills out job […]