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Lt. Gov. Husted visits Eaton By Eddie Mowen Jr. - cmowen@aimmediamidwest.com Lt. Governor Jon Husted met with local leaders and manufacturers on Tuesday, May 11 in Henny Penny’s Wagner Training Center to discuss topics such as finding and training employees. Eddie Mowen Jr. | The Register-Herald Lt. Governor Jon Husted also paid a visit to students at Eaton High School while in town, meeting with Eaton Community Schools Superintendent Jeff Parker, Preble County ESC Assistant Superintendent ...

The Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation is excited to announce the addition of five new members to their Board of Directors: Christina Andersen, Sarah Anderson, Kyle Erickson, Diane Larson and Josh Skelton.  They bring extensive community leadership expertise, as well as their own unique experiences, to the Foundation’s work.  Here is a little background on each of them. Christina Andersen is currently the founder and managing director of CENTER Spa & Studio, as well as NoPo Coffe...

Google and the International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals Launch a Training Scholarship Program for Underrepresented Minorities Share Article More than 200 Emerging Cybersecurity Professionals to Participate in the Robust, 6-Month Program This scholarship program is working to change the face of the cybersecurity workforce. Beyond that, it has the potential to fundamentally impact the professional careers of more than 200 smart and ambitious professionals through access to...

More details emerge about $709 million Lone Star redevelopment FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Renderings of the Lone Star District, a mixed-use development planned at the former Lone Star Brewery site.Courtesy of Lake|Flato ArchitectsShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Renderings of the Lone Star District, a mixed-use development planned at the former Lone Star Brewery site.Courtesy of Lake|Flato ArchitectsShow MoreShow Less 3of5 Renderings of the Lone Star District, a mixed-use development planned at the forme...

By State House News Service Gov. Charlie Baker wants to more than quadruple annual funding for an initiative to train 20,000 new workers in high-demand trades, but House Democratic leaders this week showed little appetite for the expansion. Baker proposed directing $16.9 million to the Career Technical Initiative program in his fiscal year 2022 budget, a boost that he and his deputies said would accelerate economic recovery and help close unemployment gaps exacerbated by the pande...

BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker wants to more than quadruple annual funding for an initiative to train 20,000 new workers in high-demand trades, but House Democratic leaders this week showed little appetite for the expansion. Baker proposed directing $16.9 million to the Career Technical Initiative program in his fiscal year 2022 budget, a boost that he and his deputies said would accelerate economic recovery and help close unemployment gaps exacerbated by the pandemic. But the House did not inco...

SAN ANTONIO (April 21, 2021) — Today, the City Council Governance Committee unanimously voted to advance a measure led by Councilman Pelaez to prompt the City of San Antonio to plan for and pursue relationships with Central and South American cities and leverage San Antonios existing cultural, economic, academic, and military ties in the region toward that end. In response to this vote in favor of his proposal, Councilman Pelaez issued the following statement: Subscribe "San Antonio can be se...

(SCC) — Applications are now available for the 2021 Saipan Chamber of Commerce  Educational Scholarship Program. The SCC Education and Workforce Development Committee is committed to this annual tradition to support students by defying the cost of pursuing their post-secondary education, thus improving our local workforce and solving issues impacting our community. This year, SCC is awarding $10,000 to students who display academic excellence, extracurricular success, leadership force, ...

Select Page Biz Feel Blindsided by New UI System Costs By State House News Service | Apr 13, 2021 | Reprints | Print With some Massachusetts businesses facing sudden and sharp unemployment tax increases just weeks after implementation of a new law aimed at limiting their costs, a top lawmaker wants Gov. Charlie Baker to intervene with a legislative fix. Sen. Patricia Jehlen, co-chair of the legislature’s Labor and Workforce Development Committee, said Monday ...

Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times Chicago employees who take time off to get the coronavirus vaccine would be shielded from all forms of retaliation and compensated for the time it takes, under a mayoral protection plan advanced Tuesday. During the early days of the pandemic, the City Council moved to protect employees from retaliation for absences tied to the coronavirus. The earlier anti-retaliation ordinance prevented employers from firing, suspending, transferring or reducing the pay of worker...