Advocacy In Action

• Medicaid Expansion Passes Senate, Headed Back to House

  After waiting through the summer for the Michigan Senate to vote on Medicaid reform, supporters, including the Detroit Regional Chamber were finally able to declare victory, as the Senate passed the bill with a 20-18 vote this week. The bill, …

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• Sandy Baruah on ‘Morning Joe’ Detroit Broadcast

  MSNBC: August 29, 2013

  MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” broadcast from the Ford Flat Rock Assembly Plant on Thursday, August 29 and featured a roundtable focused on the next steps as Detroit navigates bankruptcy. The three-hour morning news program hosted regional leaders including in a discussion focused on all things Motor City including why Detroit is a great place to do business.

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• Plante Moran Announces the Election of Seven New Michigan Partners

  SOUTHFIELD, Mich., August 29, 2013 – Plante Moran, one of the nation’s largest certified public accounting and business advisory firms, has elected 12 new partners firmwide. Seven of them are based in Michigan.

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• Health care community invited to Fourth Mackinac Learning Collaborative Outcomes Congress on Sept. 17

  Event puts spotlight on integrating collaborative care teams in behavioral health and primary care following the patient-centered medical home model Troy, Mich. —Aug. 29, 2013— Health care leaders are invited to attend the fourth annual Mackinac Learning Collaborative Outcomes Congress …

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• Doeren Mayhew Staff to Join the Ranks of Firm Managers

  TROY, MICH. – Aug. 29, 2013 – Doeren Mayhew, a Michigan-based certified public accounting and advisory firm with locations in Michigan, Texas and Florida, has announced the promotion of six of its staff within its headquarters in Troy, Mich. Effective Oct. 1, 2013, John P. Burns, Kyle S. Lusczakoski, Tyler M. Mitchell, Linda M. Pelczarski, David A. Praet and Stephen T. Skok will join more than 50 managers in the firm.

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• Five Butzel Long attorneys named Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” 2014 in key practice areas

  DETROIT, Mich. – Five Butzel Long attorneys have been named Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” 2014 in key practice areas. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant.

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• Inc. Magazine ranks OpTech as five-time honoree on its annual exclusive list of America’s fastest-growing private companies

  Troy, Mich., August 26, 2013 – OpTech, a Troy, Michigan-based information technology and engineering solutions firm, announced today the company has been named as a five-time honoree to Inc. Magazine’s annual 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.

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• August 27, 2013: ‘Morning Joe’ Live from Detroit Thursday; Inaugural Michigan Automotive Summit Less Than a Month Away

  In continuing the national conversation on Detroit, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program is set to broadcast on Thursday from Ford Motor Company’s assembly plant in Flat Rock. “Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough teased the trip to Detroit while appearing at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s 2013 Mackinac Policy Conference and are returning to Michigan to focus their three-hour news show on Detroit’s turnaround.

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• Detroit Chamber Member, and Customer Loyalty Expert Noah Fleming Signs Book Deal With AMACOM

  Windsor, ON, (August 20, 2013) – Noah Fleming, President of Fleming Consulting & Co. of Windsor, Ontario has signed a contract with the publishing division of the American Management Association for the release of his first book. Fleming’s book, Evergreen, is scheduled for release in the fall of 2014.

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• Union charges fee to handle grievances; Mackinac Center Legal Foundation responds with lawsuit

  Detroit, Mich. —Aug. 26, 2013— In one of the first challenges to a Union’s response to Michigan’s Right to Work legislation, the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation filed a complaint on Aug. 22 alleging that Teamsters’ Local 214 policy of requiring employees to pay a fee for handling grievances and arbitration, but exempting employees who are members in good standing, is unlawful because it violates the Public Employment Relations Act and the Union’s duty of fair representation obligations.

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