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Oct 29, 2024 | 
waterdesk.org | Lourdes Medrano |society. It
This story was originally published by Undark on October 9, 2024 By Lourdes Medrano, UndarkSantiago Maestas has grown apples, peaches, and apricots on his New Mexico property for more than five decades. He still cherishes the network of ancient gravity-fed irrigation ditches that deliver the water that keeps his orchard thriving. Those irrigation ditches, scattered across the state and known as acequias (pronounced ah-SEH-kee-ahs), have endured for hundreds of years.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
deceleration.news | society. It
Santiago Maestas has grown apples, peaches, and apricots on his New Mexico property for more than five decades. He still cherishes the network of ancient gravity-fed irrigation ditches that deliver the water that keeps his orchard thriving. Those irrigation ditches, scattered across the state and known as acequias (pronounced ah-SEH-kee-ahs), have endured for hundreds of years.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
southfloridareporter.com | Riis Williams |society. It
BY Sitting in the grass of a Tennessee state park, Tracy Gregg felt the air grow cold as the late afternoon light she’d been bathing in suddenly faded. It was August 21, 2017, the date of a total solar eclipse that swept across much of the U.S., and she was directly in its path. Overhead, the moon was sliding into place over the sun, engulfing all below in shadow.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
detroitchamber.com | Michigan Central |society. It
Headquartered in Pontiac, UWM is the nation’s largest home mortgage lender, despite exclusively originating mortgage loans through the wholesale channel.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
detroitchamber.com | Sabrina Cynova |Michigan Central |society. It
Litigation attorney Mark W. Oszust recently joined Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest full-service law firms, as a member of the Commercial Litigation and Construction Law practice groups. Oszust focuses on the resolution of litigation involving business disputes and construction liability claims. His commercial litigation practice includes a variety of complex business torts, contract disputes and real estate.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
detroitchamber.com | Sabrina Cynova |Michigan Central |society. It
Plunkett Cooney associate attorneys Claire D. Vergara and Aleanna B. Siacon were recently appointed to executive positions on the Michigan Asian-Pacific American Bar Association (MAPABA) board of directors. Vergara was elected to serve as board president. Siacon was elected as the association’s new treasurer. Both will serve a one-year term in their executive leadership roles beginning on Feb. 10.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
detroitchamber.com | Sabrina Cynova |Michigan Central |society. It
Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA)Feb. 5, 2024An innovative resource that provides answers to employers on unemployment tax and claim issues is now available from the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA). The new Employer Help Center is a one-stop online toolkit that uses plain language and clean design to answer employer questions and explain UIA programs. Employers can access the new resource at Michigan.gov/UIAEmployerHelpCenter.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
detroitchamber.com | Sabrina Cynova |Michigan Central |society. It
Chalkbeat DetroitJan. 31, 2024Micah WalkerAfter a scaled back summer school program last year, the Detroit Public Schools Community District may have more to offer students in 2024 thanks to funding from community partners. During a school board meeting Tuesday, Superintendent Nikolai Vitti announced that United Way for Southeastern Michigan and Ballmer Group will provide summer school programming for grades K-8.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
detroitchamber.com | Sabrina Cynova |Michigan Central |society. It
The Associated PressFeb. 2, 2024Paul WisemanThe nation’s employers delivered a stunning burst of hiring to begin 2024, adding 353,000 jobs in January in the latest sign of the economy’s continuing ability to shrug off the highest interest rates in two decades. Friday’s government report showed that last month’s job gain — roughly twice what economists had predicted — topped the December gain of 333,000, a figure that was itself revised sharply higher.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
detroitchamber.com | Sabrina Cynova |Michigan Central |society. It
The Detroit Regional Chamber, alongside more than 100 organizations, recently signed on to the U.S. Chamber‘s coalition letter on Regulatory Flexibility Act reform. The letter urges for legislative action to strengthen the meaningful input of small businesses in federal regulatory processes and ensure the intent of the Regulatory Flexibility Act is fulfilled. View the letter below.
