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(Source: MIRS.news, Published 03/01/2023) The $1.338 billion supplemental bill highlighted by nearly $800 million to prepare 1,800 acres near Marshall for a Ford battery plant, among likely other things, passed the House Wednesday, 59-49, after a full day of closed-door negotiations.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 02/13/2023)  (ROMULUS) – Ford Motor Company is dropping $3.5 billion to create an electric vehicle battery park in Marshall, which Michigan's economic development corporation is hoping to back with a $210 million state-funded attraction award. 

 

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(Source: MIRS.news, Published 1/18/23) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told a manufacturing panel at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, that Michigan is open for business.

The Michigan Retailers Association (MRS)’s November Retail Index survey reported 47% of retailers expect their sales to decline through February, while 39% predict sales will continue to rise.

Palisades Nuclear Generating Station is on the path to decommission after the U.S. Department of Energy denied an application for federal funding, and the plant won't likely reopen without an influx from the state.