ICYMI: Stabenow Holds Six Workforce Discussions across State, Highlights Great Lakes Restoration Success Stories

Stabenow also continued her small business visits, marking the 120th stop of her statewide tour

Friday, September 08, 2017

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Throughout the month of August, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) held a series of workforce discussions focused on how to better fill the demand for skilled workers in Michigan and provide professional career and training opportunities for students who don’t choose a four-year college path after high school or workers who want to be retrained for new jobs. The six discussions with business and labor leaders, as well as parents, students, and educators, were held at the Detroit Electrical Industry Training Center in Warren, Mott Community College’s Regional Technology Center in Flint, the Michigan Laborer’s Training and Apprenticeship Institute in Perry, Kent Career Technical Center in Grand Rapids, Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City and Northern Michigan University in Marquette. 

 

Stabenow also spent August highlighting Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) success stories across Michigan and the importance of federal funding to protect our lakes and waterways. Stabenow authored the GLRI in 2010 and is leading the bipartisan effort to stop proposals to eliminate funding for the Initiative next year.  She highlighted the success of projects in Wayne, Kalamazoo, Traverse City, Frankenmuth, and Ishpeming. 

 

In case you missed it, please see coverage from her workforce discussions, Great Lakes events, and small business visits below. 

 

WORKFORCE DISCUSSIONS

 

• MLIVE: Stabenow touts careers in the skilled trades during West Michigan visit

 

• AP: Stabenow worried about shortage in trades

 

• Marquette Mining Journal: Stabenow touts better training for trades in visit to UP

 

• WDET Radio: Michigan Senator says workers must acquire new skills

 

• Michigan Radio: Finding new jobs for younger Michiganders

 

• WGVU Radio: U.S. Senator Stabenow: Skilled workers in high demand across Michigan

 

• WWTV TV 9 & 10: Sen. Stabenow Plans to Reintroduce Bill Expanding Programs For Skilled Trades Training

 

• WSJM Radio: Stabenow talks jobs training in Michigan

 

• WLUC TV 6: Stabenow wraps up workforce tour at NMU

 

• WJMN TV 3: Sen. Stabenow continues UP visit

 

GREAT LAKES RESTORATION SUCCESS STORIES

 

• MLIVE: Wave of Support Stops Trump Plan to Halt Great Lakes Funding

 

• Hometownlife: Stabenow visits Wayne to highlight success in improving waterways like the Rouge River

 

• WEYI TV 25: Senator Stabenow highlights Great Lakes restoration project

 

• WWTV TV 9 & 10: U.S. Senator Stabenow Visits Boardman River Restoration Project

 

• Interlochen Radio: Interlochen Radio: Stabenow talks boardman dam, Great Lakes funding

 

• WWMT TV 3: Sen. Stabenow in Kalamazoo stumping for federal funding for Michigan waterways

 

• WXMI TV 17: Kalamazoo River, a success story of Sen. Stabenow’s water restoration initiative

 

• WLUC TV 6: Sen. Stabenow celebrates success of Partridge Creek Diversion Project

 

• WBUP TV 10: Senator Stabenow talks GLRI with local officials

 

SMALL BUSINESS / MANUFACTURING VISITS

 

• Midland Daily News: Sen. Stabenow visits three downtown businesses

 

• Cadillac News: Sen. Stabenow meets with Cadillac manufacturers

 

• Battle Creek Enquirer: Stabenow on the Growing Small Businesses Act

 

• WLUC TV 6: US Senator Debbie Stabenow Tours Small Businesses in Munising

 

• WJMN TV 3: Stabenow continues statewide small business tour in Munising