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State shuts down in-home day care after death
The state has shut down an in-home day care center, following the death of an infant who'd recently been cared for there.
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Inside Track: Wieland is passionate about trash
Kent County’s manager of Resource Recovery & Recycling doesn’t want landfills to become our environmental legacy.
Kristen Wieland will tell you she’s no girly-girl when it comes to recycling.
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County OKs ‘concept’ of zoo expansion
Kent County commissioners approved the future “concept” of an expanded John Ball Zoo, as reflected in the zoo’s newly updated 10-year master plan.
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West Michigan Prosperity Alliance to fund five projects
The projects are deemed of ‘significant regional economic importance.’
The West Michigan Prosperity Alliance will put up more than $230,000 for five projects in a 13-county region of West Michigan, each deemed to be of “significant regional economic importance.”
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Pharmacists plead guilty in $80M scam
Two pharmacists have pleaded guilty in an illegal drug re-stocking and re-dispensing scheme.
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Kent County eyes zoo master plan
There is also talk at John Ball Zoo about a possible future millage to fund it.
The Kent County Board of Commissioners will review the John Ball Zoo’s new master plan this week, which has to be updated every 10 years and approved by the county, under the terms of the county’s lease contract with the nonprofit corporation that now runs the zoo.
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Cable TV in Michigan: competition up, subscribers down
Pending Comcast/Time Warner deal may boost Charter Communications in the state.
(As seen on WZZM TV 13) The Michigan Public Service Commission has issued its eighth annual report on the status of cable television competition in Michigan.
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Lawmakers eye venture funding cap
Some fear shutting off the capital pipeline will send startups elsewhere.
A fund-of-funds investment program created to support an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Michigan is under pressure as legislators seek to cash out their expense tab early.
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NITC bridge clears last financial hurdle
Canada will fund the U.S. customs plaza in Detroit.
Thanks to a public-private partnership, come 2020, traffic traveling between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, will have the option of using the New International Bridge Crossing.
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Downtown civic agency names chief outcomes officer
A former employee of Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration has taken a new leadership position at Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.
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