LANSING - Clerks across the state are gearing up for higher than anticipated voter turnout in the election, by trying to get more poll workers to precincts and adding additional voting stations. Although final voter registration figures for the state are not yet available, the intense interest in the presidential race is driving the anticipation
GRAND RAPIDS - Ray DeWinkle, well know vice president of business development for the Right Place economic development program in Grand Rapids is leaving that job to become President and CEO of GreaterFindlay, an economic development group that serves Findlay and Hancock counties in Ohio. DeWinkle assumes his new post on Nov. 17. "Ray served
TROY - Three of the companies that received investments from Automation Alley through its Technology Business Accelerator have received additional funding from the state's 21st Century Jobs Fund. The selected companies include: Critical Signal Technologies (Farmington Hills): provides 24-hour personal emergency response and remote medical monitoring services to elderly and disabled individuals with clinical or
WASHINGTON - The state of Michigan will be honored during space shuttle Endeavour's upcoming STS-126 mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour is targeted to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 14. NASA is honoring all 50 states during the remaining flights of the space shuttle, which will be retired in
DETROIT - Career opportunities await those engineers who attend the Career Fair at Convergence 2008 in Detroit. The Career Fair will be held on Monday, Oct. 20, and Tuesday, Oct. 21, from noon to 6 p.m. in Cobo Center. Those seeking jobs can meet face-to-face with companies' representatives looking to hire new employees. For those
DETROIT - Susan G. Komen for the Cure has announced the distribution of an unprecedented $100 million in grants to American and international scientists this year to fast track breast cancer research, including three grants worth more than $900,000 given to two Wayne State University researchers. Two researchers from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
LANSING - Here's a list of the 17 companies that will split nearly $30 million from the 21st Century Jobs Fund. They are listed in order of how they were scored by the screening committee that came from the National Center for Manufacturing Science. Accuri Cytometers, Ann Arbor Life Sciences, $ 1,950,000, Projected Jobs 88
LANSING - Ann Arbor-based Life Sciences companies won the lion's share of nearly $30 million available from the Michigan 21st Century Jobs Fund 2008 Commercialization Business Plan Competition. Final results show a total of 17 Michigan companies will split $29,676,016. Eleven Ann Arbor-based companies were awarded 21st Century funds, with seven from the Life Sciences
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corp. is pumping money into seven companies and backing two downtown brownfield redevelopment projects that Gov. Jennifer Granholm says will create 7,556 new jobs, retain 86 jobs and generate over $489.2 million in new investment in the state. "Despite these tough economic times, our aggressive economic strategy is generating
LANSING - Michigan Economic Development Corporation CEO James Epolito this week announced three new Smart Zones in Sault Ste. Marie, Sterling Heights, and Blackman Township. Sault Ste. Marie - Supported by Lake Superior State University and officials from the city of Sault Ste. Marie, the zone will stimulate the growth of regional technology-based companies. It