Andy Balaskovitz

Managing editor at Crain’s Grand Rapids Business, formerly @ MiBiz, Energy News Network, Lansing City Pulse. Cosmic country enthusiast

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Lawsuit offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the highly contentious launch of a U.S. women's pro volleyball league. https://t.co/XKeHOBaALN

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A beautiful tribute to a journalism giant @daily_climate https://t.co/9HP5XYcSwy

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2 former WOOD-TV managers sue for defamation after Pride Month firings https://t.co/clx89dTbHs

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Plant owners say combining biomass with carbon capture at this scale hasn't been done in the U.S. https://t.co/JaxPws9TLC

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A first-of-its-kind plant in the U.S. is now producing sodium-ion batteries at commercial scale in West Michigan https://t.co/1iGgMSjaOj

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A Michigan utility wants to shore up the electric grid with an underwater transmission line across Lake Michigan https://t.co/GBmvjgonRf

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@BizCarlson tallied up the number and price of properties that Michigan’s largest health system bought for a new Grand Rapids campus https://t.co/iH9EKvW3Wn

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@VicVela1 Vic you’re invited to Thanksgiving next year!

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@KyleWIIM i laugh so hard every time you post this

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More than just layoffs in Portage: Pfizer is also canceling a $750M expansion to cut costs

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Pfizer halts $750M Portage expansion under cost cutting plan https://t.co/OveySWr6d5

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A new path to federal recognition has emerged for the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians, who have been mired in the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ bureaucratic process of acknowledgement for nearly three decades. https://t.co/kZl78XeUVl

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Big plans for the former paper mill in Muskegon, @BizCarlson reports https://t.co/4zjIcVz1Cq

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2008 & 2016 energy rewrites were passed late in year 2 of 2-year terms. Legislature this time trying to do it in half the time. Lots of issues to figure out - 100% clean energy mandate, what qualifies as carbon-free, efficiency, oversight of siting, rooftop solar, PSC authority.

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@kayleigh_vanwyk with quite a scoop about a now-delayed $380M bioenergy and waste handling project because the business partner struggles to remain solvent. https://t.co/0ma210lmui

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The ol Choo Choo Grill and surrounding property is for sale for $1.5M, @BizCarlson reports https://t.co/f6krqerhkm

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@KyleWIIM Thrilled for your Alan Jackson phase buddy

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Michigan lawmakers want to slash the cost of home solar and battery storage installations as a way to prevent power outages https://t.co/jfS9Hzxvss

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The Blue Jay micro-hotel would include five rooms, a shared lounge and bar area as well as an outdoor courtyard with fire pits and lawn games for guests https://t.co/vxb5qXJfsO

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A Nexstar exec has responded: “We’re looking into the situation at WOOD-TV. ... We will take appropriate action ... and apologize for offending members of the LGBTQ community and WOOD-TV’s viewers.”

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@WOODTV staffers are pushing back after an internal memo from station news directors instructed reporters to tone down Pride Month coverage. Story from @kayleigh_vanwyk https://t.co/Oc9WplwM3a