LANSING - Michigan has spent the last few years cleaning up its elections process and is ready to add no-reason absentee voting to the system, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson told the Michigan House Elections Committee on Wednesday. "I believe Michigan is ready to offer this service to accommodate the busy schedule of hard working
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder, on signing the two bills to enact the 2015-16 budget, announced he had hit five for five so far during his administration: budgets done by June, balanced and with more money for K-12 education. "This is the fifth year in a row we've had a structurally balanced budget, a well-done
LANSING - The Michigan Film Office would no longer be able to provide film incentives, but could continue functioning in other areas to draw producers to the state under a substitute adopted Wednesday by the Senate for a bill that began as a film incentive phase-out. That represents a major shift from a substitute adopted
BEVERLY HILLS - TiE Detroit is now accepting applications for its fifth annual TiE Young Entrepreneurs program. Exceptional high school students are encouraged to apply. The program features: Four month business focused curriculum coached by seasoned entrepreneurs. Development of a business plan. Regional competition: Winning team receives $1,000. Global business competition where teams from 19
LANSING - Companies like Uber and Lyft connecting those with private cars willing to transport passengers would have to pay substantially more for annual licensing, but would be exempt from local regulation under legislation reported Tuesday from the House Commerce and Trade Committee. The full House then advanced the bills to Third Reading, prepping them
ANN ARBOR - The Entrepreneurs Engage "unConference" brings together many of our region's most successful and visionary entrepreneurs and investors for free-wheeling, multi-session discussions on ideas and initiatives to improve our region's ability to create and grow innovative new businesses. The invitation-only event was created and is co-hosted by U-M Tech Transfer and the Michigan
TROY - Abdul Miah, co-founder and principal engineer at rankedHiRe, and Imran Raja, senior software engineer at MB Financial, were awarded the $5,000 grand prize at #hack4detroit, Automation Alley's 24-hour hackathon to build an app using the city of Detroit's new Open Data Portal. Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association, held the event June
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder is in Montreal to discuss boosting trade relations with Canada, Michigan's largest trade partner. Snyder moved to the largest French-speaking city outside of Paris after meeting with the Great Lakes governors and premiers over the weekend in Quebec City. During his visit to the city, Snyder is to meet with
LANSNG - Michigan Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof would be supportive of eliminating the Earned Income Tax Credit, and he believes a majority of his caucus would be too, but that doesn't mean the House bill permitting such is primed for passage this week, Meekhof's spokesperson said Monday. "Right now, we're not specifically identifying any
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Monday adopted recommendations made by its staff in its April 30 report on circumstances of a natural gas shut-off in Hazel Park where hypothermia was reported to be a possible contributing factor in a death occurring there. Specifically, the Commission directed all PSC staff, regulated gas and electric