LANSING - As opponents to Michigan's 1996 law granting broad-based immunity to drug manufacturers continue efforts to win passage of HB 4044 , HB 4045 and HB 4046 in the Senate, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Monday he did not see any conditions right now under which he would hold hearings on
GRAND RAPIDS - Cynergy Systems, which operates a field office in Grand Rapids, was named a winner last week of the Microsoft PhizzPop Design Challenge for rich Internet application design and development. Cynergy was one of seven regional entrants. Cynergy won by unanimous decision of a panel of judges from Yahoo!, Netflix, IDEO and Experience
LANSING - Electric utilities in Michigan would have to provide 10 percent of their power from renewable sources under legislation expected before the House Energy and Technology Committee. Sponsors of the legislation, which had not yet been introduced at the time of the committee meeting, said the goal was to urge development and use of
LANSING ? Teri Takai, director of the Michigan Department of Information Technology since February 2003, has resigned to take a job in California. She has been replaced by Kenneth Theis, who was Takai?s deputy. Theis assumes his new duties on Jan. 1. "I thank Director Takai for her five years of dedicated service to the
LANSING ? The deadline for applications for the Michigan 50 Companies To Watch recognition program has been extended from Dec. 7 to Dec. 14 to get a bigger response. Each year, Michigan 50 Companies to Watch recognizes and celebrates the contributions, innovation and energy of 50 diverse second-stage companies in Michigan. Michigan 50 Companies to
LANSING - Though the Michigan House Energy and Technology Committee only started discussions on one of the bills in a package to implement renewable energy standards and conservation programs for state electric and natural gas utilities, committee Chair Rep. Frank Accavitti Jr. (D-Eastpointe) said he expects to see the bills begin to move next week.
LANSING - Michigan would adopt upgraded driver's licenses and identification cards and optional cards with additional security measures to meet standards under the federal REAL ID act and national Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative under legislation announced this week by Secretary of State Terri Land and legislators from both parties in the Senate and House. In
DETROIT ? ConnecTech Detroit, the former GLIMA Southeast, is hosting its official launch party Dec. 12 at the MGM Grand Casino's Ignite Nightclub. Registration deadline is Dec. 7. ? Enjoy an evening at Ignite, Detroit's newest and most prestigious luxury lounge Complimentary valet parking ? Hors Douvres served from 5:30 to 7:00pm ? Join the
HOWELL - Skip Simms, a senior executive with Ann Arbor SPARK, and the director of the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, said it's a great time to be an entrepreneur in Michigan. Over the past half dozen years, more than a dozen Venture Capital companies have sprung up in the state, along with a half dozen
HOWELL - Marine Gen. Bradley Lott, the newly appointed Director of the Michigan Defense Contract Coordination Center, administered by the Michigan Economic Development Corp., thinks Michigan can again become the Arsenal of Democracy - like it was during World War II - by harnessing the expertise developed in the state?s dominant auto industry to build