LANSING - Department of Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant resigned Tuesday in the wake of interim findings from the task force Governor Rick Snyder commissioned to investigate why Flint's drinking water became contaminated with lead that pointed the finger squarely at the DEQ. Snyder, who is out of state this week on vacation with his
LANSING - The state's two largest utilities are fighting back against what they believe have been potential misrepresentations about news from state officials on Tuesday that the state can essentially maintain business-as-usual practices and still be in compliance for at least a decade with the federal Clean Power Plan on carbon emissions. "In less than
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder last week signed a pair of bills providing sales and use tax exemptions for certain data centers saying they "modernize the structure of Michigan's tax code" by give data centers similar treatment as manufacturing facilities, which better aligns the state with tax laws elsewhere. "Michigan has a long tradition of
LANSING - Michigan's population grew slightly from 2014 to 2015, helped by births and immigration, but the rate of growth is slow enough that the state could lose another congressional seat, figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau showed. In fact, Kurt Metzger, founder of Data Driven Detroit and mayor of Pleasant Ridge, said
LANSING - New home construction will see a robust increase in 2016, according to a forecast from the Michigan Association of Home Builders. The association estimates that 16,831 permits for new construction will be issued in 2016, up from 13,467 estimated for 2015. Association CEO Bob Filka said the increase stems from job growth and
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services had data that showed there were elevated lead levels in Flint's water, but delayed in releasing that data to others for review, Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards said in an article posted to his website documenting the city's water crisis. Department officials agreed and said
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Management and Budget is not properly restricting access to information technology equipment and is not ensuring that equipment is being properly stored, Auditor General Doug Ringler said in a report released Friday. The performance audit of physical security and environmental controls over information technology resources for the period October
LANSING - Auditors have found that most of the state's UNIX servers, operated by the Department of Technology, Management and Budget, had not been properly secured, an audit released Thursday said. The performance audit of statewide UNIX security controls, for the period October 1, 2012, through August 31, 2015, found that of 63 servers tested,
LANSING - In one of the most blatant political moves in years, the Michigan Republican legislative majorities powered to passage Wednesday a bill that would end the ability of voters to choose a party's entire slate of candidates with a single selection. With final passage in the House about 10:30 p.m., SB 13 will soon
LANSING - The size of tax credits General Motors can claim annually and in total through the remaining life of a large, Michigan Economic Growth Authority credit the state provided it in 2009 would be capped, but GM declined to reveal by how much and state officials said it is up to GM to disclose
