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SBDC to offer online class for start-ups
Anyone can sign up but only Michigan residents get personal consultant.
The Michigan Small Business Development Center, located at Grand Valley State University, is launching a new program called Start Smart Online.
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Local real estate agents are familiar with radon testing
Public health officials in Lansing and in Kent County — as well as Gov. Rick Snyder — take the threat of radon gas very seriously and urge people to test for its presence in their homes.
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Auditors raise concerns about State Surplus inventory tracking
Online auction site is agency’s biggest moneymaker.
LANSING — The D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette was looking to unload a Chevy transport van with a wheelchair lift.
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Brick-and-mortar businesses welcome online sales tax
Senate Fiscal Agency projects the law will bring in $50M in new revenue annually.
LANSING — Many businesses across Michigan will benefit from a new law that subjects online retailers such as Amazon and Overstock.com to the same 6 percent sales tax that “brick-and-mortar” businesses collect from consumers.
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Less state money for mandates makes counties pay
LANSING — Michigan is requiring Kent County to increase public health counseling with no additional state funding.
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Panel wants airport authority details amended
A few issues, particularly the size of the authority board, need to be resolved.
A committee of the Kent County Board of Commissioners has postponed for two weeks its approval of a 64-page draft document that will spell out key details of the proposed airport authority that would take over operation of Gerald R. Ford International Airport.
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Small employer survey measures ACA impact
Many small firms say they plan to stop offering health insurance by 2016.
A number of small business employers in West and Southwest Michigan are looking at discontinuing their health insurance plans, as alternative options for employees and premiums for firms increase.
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Corridor draws city planners’ attention
Medical Mile’s growing pains are at center of proposal.
(Watch for this story Monday morning on WZZM TV 13) The Michigan Street Corridor has seen $1 billion worth of development in the past decade, and if projections are correct, the area — also known as the Medical Mile — will see millions of dollars more in development over the course of the next decade.
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Grand Rapids names director of parks and recreation
The Grand Rapids City Commission has welcomed the city’s new director of the Parks & Recreation Department.
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State inspector golfs into fraud charge
A state elevator inspector who likes to play golf is in the rough.
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