LANSING - Rep. Dave Agema (R-Grandville) has introduced legislation to prevent illegal aliens from getting a Michigan driver’s license. Agema said his legislation would complement the proposed new regulations that would allow a Michigan driver’s license to substitute for a United States passport for Michigan residents entering and leaving Canada. This is a special edition of Newsmaker Interview underwritten by BL Government Affairs.
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David Van Andel, chairman of the Van Andel Research Institute, talks about what the Phase II expansion of the center funded by his parents, Jay and Betty Van Andel, means to him personally. He also discusses how the VAI has become the catalyst for a nearly $1 billion construction boom on “Pill Hill” in Grand Rapids. He also urges Michigan’s legislative officials to stop the partisan politics and becomes the leaders the people of the state hoped they would be when they were elected.
Interview with Tom Hines, co chairman of the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium, who talks about how the security group has appointed Michigan Sen. Valde Garcia as the head of its new Roundtable, a combination lobby-public opinion-industry insider collaboration.
Interview with University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman about how U-M will provide $1 million a year for the next three years to recruit as many former Pfizer research scientists as possible. Coleman also said more than 170 Pfizer scientists have contacted the U-M Education School about joining its Fast Track program, which could give them the credentials within a year to teach.
Tom Anderson, who heads up Automation Alley’s Technology Center, updates members on the progress made in 2007 at Automation Alley’s Annual Meeting Jan. 30.
Jerry Rush, outgoing president of Automation Alley, presents an overview of his two-years in office and discusses the future of the Oakland County based technology networking and marketing organization at Automation Alley’s January 30 annual meeting.
