ANN ARBOR ? It will cost an instate undergraduate student $13,158 in tuition ? the highest in the state - to attend the University of Michigan this fall, 1.6 percent more than a year ago after The University of Michigan's Board of Regents approved a 2014-15 budget on Thursday. The increase, university officials said, is
SOUTHFIELD -The Engineering Society of Detroit presented several awards at its Annual Benefit Dinner June 18 at Cobo Center in Detroit. Christopher Webb, FESD, co-founder and volunteer director of The ESD Institute, received the organization?s highest award, the Horace H. Rackham Humanitarian Award, for his work in important public policy issues ? most recently, the
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday approved most of Consumers Energy Company's revised renewable energy plan that includes a complete elimination of the renewable energy charge effective with the July billing month. "The elimination of the renewable energy surcharge reflects the falling cost of wind-generated energy," PSC Chair John Quackenbush said in a
LANSING ? More than 350 small business owners and supporters attended the Small Business Association of Michigan?s 45th annual meeting on June 19 in Lansing where Sen. Mike Kowall was recognized as its Legislator of the Year. ?Sen. Kowall has been a champion for small business during his years in both the state house and
LANSING - Michigan's expanded Medicaid eligibility plan, the Healthy Michigan plan, has gained more than 300,000 enrollees in about 11 weeks since it went live on April 1. Department of Community Health officials said the program had 301,645 enrollees on Wednesday. The state updates publicly the enrollee figures every Monday, and two days ago the
ANN ARBOR ? Supply chain software provider LLamasoft and Cassidy Turley, a leading commercial real estate services provider in the U.S., have announced a partnership whereby Cassidy Turley will provide industrial real estate cost data and other information for top U.S. markets to LLamasoft customers for their use in strategic supply chain design. Cassidy Turley
ANN ARBOR - Small restaurant chains are gaining customer satisfaction as the largest chains deteriorate, according to a report released today by the American Customer Satisfaction Index. ACSI data show that Americans ate out an average of four meals per week in 2013, representing a 60 percent increase since the end of the Great Recession.
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LANSING - The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs on Wednesday issued a statement warning Michigan corporations of a non-governmental entity trying to collect a $59.99 fee to obtain a certificate of good standing, implying such is required to comply with state business formation requirements, but that's not true. "Michigan corporations and limited liability companies