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Deb Muchmore announced as keynote for Business to Business Expo and Workshop

The LSCP has announced Deb Muchmore, Partner, Kandler Reed Khoury & Muchmore, a governmental consulting firm in Lansing, as the keynote speaker for October 27th’s Business to Business Expo and Workshop. For nearly 30 years, Muchmore has helped business people navigate public, crisis…

U.S. Chamber Files Lawsuit Challenging Obama Administration’s Overtime Rule

Coalition of More Than 50 Business Groups Says Department of Labor Exceeded Statutory Authority WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, leading a broad coalition including the Texas Association of Business, National Automobile Dealers Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, National Association of Wholesaler Distributors, National Federation of…

Sharing Marquette County’s ‘Vision’

Each summer, the LSCP releases the Vision Magazine, which showcases the businesses and organizations that make Marquette County tick. We have a great partnership with the Mining Journal who handles the advertising and story content and with Northern Michigan University’s…

City of Marquette Economic Development Plan Survey

The City of Marquette is preparing an economic development strategy to guide its actions over the next several years. It is important to the city to give community residents, business owners, and investors a chance to weigh in on several issues. This survey is not long, but the information you provide…

What’s in the 2015 data booklet

Each summer for the past couple years, the LSCP has completed our Data Booklet. The data booklet is created with the help of Economic Modeling Specialists Incorporated (EMSI) Developer tool. EMSI compiles data from over 90 different federal, state and…

Why developing talent is important

As you may remember, talent development was a strategy added to our strategic plan three years ago to meet the ever changing needs of our businesses. We hear from businesses every day that they are struggling to hire certain positions…

Agreement signed between Cliffs Natural Resources and WEC Energy Group for potential energy generation

Monday, August 15, 2016 LANSING, Mich. – An agreement providing for a potential long-term, clean energy electric power solution for the Upper Peninsula has been reached between Cliffs Natural Resources and WEC Energy Group, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced today. The proposed solution is expected to be cost-competitive for Cliffs and save money for residential customers of the Upper Peninsula, after the…

LSCP Academy time is here again

It’s that time of year again, the Lake Superior Leadership Academy (LSLA) applications are starting to roll in and the planning has begun. I know the 361 alumni can vouch for how valuable this program is. Established in 1998…

The New Wage and Overtime Rules Lunch and Learn

The U.S. Department of Labor just released new regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act that will change which employees can be hourly, which can be salaried, and who gets overtime.  The regulations take effect for all employers on December 1, 2016. Last week we had an overview of…
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