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cbleck@miningjournal.net MARQUETTE — Relief totaling approximately $52.5 million for nearly 6,000 small businesses across Michigan has been awarded to date through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Michigan Small Business Survival Grant program, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced on Wednesday. “The Michigan Small Business Survival Grant Program provides crucial support to Michigan’s small businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Whitmer said in a statement. “These grants, combined with additional business relief efforts offered by the MEDC, will create a strong fo...

9 & 10 News February 11, 2021 Governor Whitmer’s budget calls for a huge increase in support for education throughout Michigan. The plan would aid college students with the the Futures for Frontliners program, which is meant as a thank you to frontline workers for their efforts during the pandemic by eliminating tuition at community colleges. Under this plan, frontline workers who lost their jobs between November 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021 in industries disproportionately affected by COVID-19 would receive the same deal. “Last count I saw was just over a hundred students who participated...

Whitmer Governor Whitmer Creates the Student Recovery Advisory Council FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      LANSING, Mich. -- Governor Whitmer today signed Executive Order 2021-02, to create the Student Recovery Advisory Council of Michigan. As Michigan continues to work around the clock to eliminate COVID-19, the Student Recovery Council will provide guidance and recommendations to ensure Michigan students have the tools and resources they need to get back on track.     “The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Michigan hard, and our students, families, teachers, and school staff hav...

New council to focus on helping Michigan students recover from COVID-19 education disruptions Updated Feb 04, 2021; Posted Feb 04, 2021 Students wear their masks during class at All Saints Central Middle and High School in Bay City on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. (Kaytie Boomer | MLive.com)Kaytie Boomer | MLive.com Facebook Share With Michigan schools encouraged to resume in-person learning by March 1 and winter sports reauthorized, school is starting to look more familiar. But with students having been separated from school support systems for so long, a new council is tasked with examining ho...

Received an outpouring of local support from senior leadership in Michigan Will continue to work with EGLE to finalize the Back Forty groundwater model in support of a revised application seeking a reissuance of the Wetlands Permit Will undertake optimization studies to assess Project opportunities Evaluating financing alternatives with support from key stakeholders TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aquila Resources Inc. (TSX: AQA, OTCQB: AQARF) (“ Aquila” or the “ Company”) is pleased to provide an update on its strategy to advance its Back Forty Project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula fol...