Candidate Spotlight: State Senator Virgil Smith State Senator Virgil Smith (D-Detroit) has succeeded in moving significant legislation through the state Senate despite serving in the Democratic minority, and is considered one of the most effective bipartisan members of the Legislature. Continue Reading Continue Reading
Candidate Spotlight – Bill Wild for Wayne County Executive The Detroit Regional Chamber’s Political Action Committee (PAC) Board recently endorsed Bill Wild (D-Westland) for Wayne County Executive. Wild’s vision and ability to stimulate change for Wayne County stems from his Continue Reading Continue Reading
Building on its efforts to identify and support pro-economic development candidates from both sides of the aisle, the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Political Action Committee (PAC) Board recently endorsed David Trott (R-Birmingham) for the 11th Congressional District. Trott got a first-hand look at what it means to be a member of Congress when he served on the staff of former Congressman William Broomfield (R-Royal Oak) in the 1980s. Continue Reading
Candidate Spotlight – Rep. Rudy Hobbs for the 14th Congressional District Leadership positions in the Michigan Legislature are hard to win, and are not often given up. But that’s just what former House Minority Floor Leader Rudy Hobbs (D-Southfield) did when he Continue Reading Continue Reading
New Innovation District to Bolster Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Detroit Nancy Schlichting, CEO of Henry Ford Medical System and former chair of the Detroit Regional Chamber Board, has been named by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan as the chair of a 17-person Continue Reading Continue Reading
Chamber Applauds Michigan Senate’s Approval of Detroit Bankruptcy Legislation The Detroit Regional Chamber applauds the Michigan Senate’s approval of the Detroit bankruptcy settlement legislation last week. With Governor Rick Snyder’s signature, this legislation will provide $194.8 million toward Detroit’s bankruptcy Continue Reading Continue Reading
2014 Mackinac Policy Conference To-Do List Released For the fifth consecutive year, the Chamber concluded the Mackinac Policy Conference by releasing a To-Do List of concrete items that serve as action items for the Chamber to work on over the Continue Reading Continue Reading
Crain’s Detroit Business: May 30, 2014
The chair of the 2015 Mackinac Policy Conference will be Mark Davidoff, Michigan managing partner at Deloitte LLP. Continue Reading
The Detroit News: May 30, 2014
Mackinac Island — At an event showcasing bankrupt Detroit’s comeback, Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr issued a dire warning to state business and political leaders Friday about the tenuous nature of a deal engineered to limit reductions in benefits for 32,000 pensioners. Continue Reading
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to Provide Unique Insight to Detroit Revitalization The Chamber announced Mitch Landrieu, mayor of New Orleans, as a keynote speaker at the 2014 Mackinac Policy Conference, beginning a critical discussion on urban revitalization. As cities Continue Reading Continue Reading
