Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

She remembers one extremely cold day when she was a child in Michigan, but she says now it seems to happen more often and over multiple days. About one-quarter of Americans neither favor nor oppose each of these proposals, while around 1 in 10 are “somewhat” or “strongly” opposed. About 6 in 10 U.S.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

Earlier this week, the American Civil Liberties Union in Michigan filed an administrative complaint with Detroit’s police department over what could be the US’s first known wrongful arrest involving facial recognition technology. The technology is also facing new legal challenges. Facial recognition is like nuclear or biological weapons.

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NTEN

MAY 23, 2014

If there''s a session you hope to see at the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference in Austin, TX—even if you don''t want to present it yourself—please read the Breakout Session Submission Guidelines and submit a proposal. The form is open through June 22, 2014. Who will read and review the submissions? Well, for starters, you can!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

TechCrunch reports that “India’s proposed taxation law of virtual digital assets won’t permit individuals to offset loss on one asset against profit from another.” No matter, Bridgestone has bought a piece May Mobility, a Michigan-based startup working on self-driving people carriers.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The Ford Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals or inquiries; however, they do have a year-round open funding opportunity in the arts, specifically for documentary filmmakers. Areas served: Grand Rapids/Michigan. Daniel & Pamella DeVos Foundation. Albuquerque Community Foundation. The Ahmanson Foundation. Ford Foundation.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

GCF seeks to target these areas to help fill the gaps in climate financing through Requests for Proposals (RfP) and pilot programmes which are focused on specific themes. The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation supports nonprofits that are working to strengthen their hometown of Flint, Michigan, and communities around the world.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

He did propose a solution that I will post below. General Motors said it will invest more than $7 billion in four Michigan factories focused on battery cell and electric truck manufacturing, including a third plant with partner LG Energy Solutions.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 16, 2015

Tell Me a Story: How to Use Interviews to Enhance Your Grant Proposals. Making Nonprofit Website Grants Work for You—Interview with Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan. Fresh Ideas for Your Next Nonprofit Grant Writing Session [VIDEO]. 10 Grant Writing Mistakes That’ll Cost You the Mother Lode.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 27, 2007

Her exciting, new proposal would give federal support to 'green collar job training' programs, which would help give U.S. in Lansing, MI. The Select Committee held a special hearing, entitled: "Economic Impacts of Global Warming: Green Collar Jobs."

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Sometimes that one phone call can give you a leg up when it comes time for the funder to review grant proposals. Each Friday, you’ll receive information about a few upcoming deadlines and new Requests for Proposals (RFPs) posted within the week. Candid offers their Philanthropy News Digest RFP Bulletin.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Ford Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals or inquiries; however, they do have a year-round open funding opportunity in the arts, specifically for documentary filmmakers. Areas served: Grand Rapids/Michigan. Daniel & Pamella DeVos Foundation. Albuquerque Community Foundation. The Ahmanson Foundation. Ford Foundation.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

On September 10, several prominent charities teamed with big companies to stage a one-day virtual protest against the proposed FCC net neutrality rule to allow big Internet providers like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon to create a two-tiered Internet with slow lanes for most of us, and fast lanes for those willing to pay for the privilege.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For example, take a nonprofit like Friendship Circle of Michigan that raises money to provide adaptive bikes for families with special needs children. Come prepared with a couple of different proposed partnership ideas, like a social media contest or an event sponsorship. They might look for companies that sell bikes or athletic gear.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2019 Creating Change Conference convenes in Detroit, Michigan January 23-27, 2019. Finance / @southwestfdns. 41st Annual FAE Nonprofit Conference. Finance / @nysscpa.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Check out this scavenger hunt hosted by Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes. Use this opportunity with older kids to teach them about marketing and business communications by having them create proposals and reach out to local businesses themselves. Need scavenger hunt inspiration? Mini-golf-a-thon. Cookie dough fundraisers.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

A new proposal would boost the tax credit for US union-made EVs. Honda and Toyota are criticizing a new proposal by Democratic lawmakers to expand tax credits for electric vehicles, saying it discriminates against non-union auto workers, Reuters reported. Dan Kildee (D-Michigan) told Reuters “We want to incentivize this.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Shri Thanedar, (D-Michigan); Rep. Rashida Tlaib, (D-Michigan); and Rep. Gary Peters, (D-Michigan); Sen. I hear frequently from my constituents who are concerned that postal rate hikes, coupled with proposed service degradation, will have serious consequences for their families and their businesses,” Rep. Connolly said.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Grant writing tip: While the task of writing a proposal often falls on the shoulders of a project manager or grant writer, anyone—even an outside consultant—with the proper skills could write the proposal. Areas served: Mexico, Haiti, US (priority: Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New Orleans). Whole Kids Foundation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

Ford , Gotion and Our Next Energy have been authorized by lawmakers to receive $585 million to put towards EV battery plants in Michigan. The first Origin vehicles are already rolling off the production line at GM’s Factory Zero in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan. (I Via acquired popular urban mapping app Citymapper.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 26, 2013

And now, in the past month, Michigan''s Attorney General and State Senate have blocked the emergency manager of Detroit from seizing the DIA''s collection to pay off the city''s debt. Like last year''s tax, this newest development is an important step for the DIA, but it has even greater impact on the field overall.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Michigan State University introduced the Karsan Autonomous e-ATAK bu s, an electric autonomous vehicle that will run on campus. The project is through a collaboration with the Michigan Office of Mobility and Electrification, bus manufacturer Karsan and San Francisco-based AV company ADASTEC. Electric vehicles, batteries and charging.

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The Verge

MARCH 31, 2022

The US has one high-grade nickel mine operating in Michigan that could run out of deposits by 2025, The Wall Street Journal reports. But proposals to tap new deposits of nickel and other minerals deemed critical for the nation’s energy security and climate goals have some advocates on alert.

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TechNode

MAY 20, 2024

Gotions raw material factory in Michigan is set to begin operation by the end of this year, and it is aiming for volume production of battery cells at a $2 billion plant in Illinois by the middle of 2025, according to Chen. The Biden Administration has said it would increase the tariff rate for Chinese non-EV lithium-ion batteries from 7.5%

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Put him on cannabis packaging When Richard Lee first brought his business proposal to Backpack Boyz, he could sense skepticism from the California-based cannabis company. Illustration by Alex Castro. What do you do with the IP rights to your very expensive cartoon primate? The ape will take a hit and then smile,” he says.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 13, 2020

In Michigan alone, Black Americans constitute 14 percent of the state’s population — but 40 percent of coronavirus deaths. Chris Coons, addresses this inequity by proposing an increase of the AmeriCorps living allowance to offer greater financial support to all who are willing to serve.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. Areas served: US (primarily Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, & New Orleans), Mexico, Haiti. Proposals can be for either core or project-specific support. Amber Grant Foundation.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

EEOC warned employers about how AI could cause illegal discrimination in certain employment situations; President Biden signed an executive order that will lead to regulatory activity by the Department of Labor and other agencies; California proposed new regulatory requirements for the use of “automated decisionmaking technology” and AI in various (..)

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. Areas served: US (primarily Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, & New Orleans), Mexico, Haiti. Proposals can be for either core or project-specific support. Amber Grant Foundation.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 18, 2021

“The Ann Arbor-based company … was founded by two University of Michigan professors who think delivery via full-size autonomous vehicles (AV) is not nearly as close as many promise, and sidewalk delivery comes with too many hassles and not enough payoff. “Their ‘just right’ solution?

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 5, 2025

Holland seems to be set in a picture-perfect town in Michigan, where cheerful children, happy housewives, and Dutch dancing are thriving. Now, she's kicking off 2025 with a curious collaboration with Mimi Cave, director of the cannibal thriller Fresh. But something is off for Nancy (Kidman).

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 29, 2025

Now, 22 years later and still at Ford (though this time in Michigan), Willing is Head of Design, leading the design practice for Ford and Lincoln brand vehicles worldwide. Using this as a guide for decisions, if a proposed design element had a negative impact on the performance, then it wasnt allowed on the car.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

One development likely to unnerve Fed officials is the sharp jump in inflation expectations this month in the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment survey. Some economists caution that the University of Michigan’s survey is preliminary and for now based on only about 400 responses.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Earlier this month, the Trump administration moved ahead with a 10% tariff on all Chinese imports and proposed even larger tariffs on Mexican importsboth countries that serve as major manufacturing suppliers for Apples partner, Foxconn Technology Group. instead, claiming, They dont want to be in the tariffs.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The data does not show that Americans rushed to buy goods in January to get ahead of President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs, as some analysts had expected. Devastating fires in Los Angeles may have also impacted spending. However, sales were revised higher for December.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 6, 2025

The White House insists its tariffs are about stopping the smuggling of fentanyl, but the taxes proposed by Trump have caused a gaping wound in the decades-old North American trade partnership, and Canada has felt compelled to quickly take aggressive countermeasures. Ontario provides electricity to Minnesota, New York and Michigan.

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Futurism

APRIL 12, 2025

After CBS chief medical correspondent Jon LaPook asked him if he had personally approved a proposed $11 billion cut to local and state programs, including efforts to fight addiction and foster childhood vaccination, Kennedy appeared to be dumbfounded. "No, No, I'm not familiar with those cuts," he said. We'd have to go.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 5, 2025

Michigan Sen. Trump also used his speech to address his proposals for fostering peace in Ukraine and the Middle East, where he has unceremoniously upended the policies of the Biden administration in a matter of just weeks. “It has been nothing but swift and unrelenting action,” Trump said of his opening weeks in office.

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