Michigan Economic Development Corp. CEO Quentin Messer’s Mackinac Policy Conference is shaping up to be a doozy. Credit the hyper-competitive battery-plant sweepstakes.
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Opinion: Role of businesses, sports are changing during polarizing times
It’s an honor to serve as chairman of this year’s Mackinac Policy Conference, which annually brings together business, civic and government leaders from Michigan and the rest of the country.
Continue ReadingMichigan Matters: The Ambassadors Speak Up; The Great Lakes State Vs. Others
Former U.S. Ambassadors John Rakolta Jr. and David Fischer appear on CBS 62’s “Michigan Matters” this Sunday to talk about their time in those diplomatic jobs and how they ended up helping the Abraham Accords get signed.
Continue ReadingHow Michigan can lure EV jobs will be hot topic at Mackinac conference
As 1,300 leaders head to Mackinac Island for the Detroit Regional Chamber’s policy conference Tuesday to discuss issues, none is more pressing to its long-term prospects than figuring out how to make Michigan more competitive in the race for growing EV opportunities.
Continue ReadingFlashpoint Interview: Baruah Previews 2022 Mackinac Policy Conference Agenda
Stephen Ross to lead Talent Driven Development panel at Mackinac Policy Conference
Billionaire real estate developer and University of Michigan megadonor Stephen Ross will be a panelist at the Mackinac Policy Conference next week, organizers announced Monday.
Continue ReadingSpotlight on the News: Dr. Nikolai Vitti on inside the DPSCD; Chamber CEO Sandy Baruah on 2022 Mackinac Policy Conference
Budget surplus: What should Michigan do with an extra $3B in funds
Politically speaking, you’d think it’d be easier to reach a consensus with $3 billion on the table. But this election year, it isn’t that easy.
“Elections get more and more… stressful, less pleasant as time goes on,” Detroit Regional Chamber President Sandy Baruah said.
Business leaders silent so far on the fate of abortion access in Michigan
Bridge Detroit Paula Gardner May 4, 2022 DETROIT — Michigan business leaders join their peers across the nation in trying to figure out how they should react to often-divisive social and state policies that affect their communities and their employees, …
Continue Reading5 of 10 Republican candidates invited to gubernatorial debate at Mackinac Policy Conference
MLive Melissa Frick May 13, 2022 DETROIT, MI – Only half of the declared Republican candidates in the running for Michigan Governor were invited to participate in a GOP gubernatorial debate at the 2022 Mackinac Policy Conference next month. The …
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