LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation executive committee on Tuesday appointed MEDC Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Steve Arwood as the new MEDC CEO, effective immediately. He replaces Michael A. Finney, who was named Gov. Rick Snyder?s Senior Advisor for Economic Growth in December. Following Arwood?s appointment as MEDC CEO, Snyder named
LANSING - Michigan League of Conservation Voters recognized Governor Snyder for naming energy as a priority in 2015, and said that Michigan cannot afford to delay any longer on a strong energy plan that moves our state towards greater use of clean energy. Michigan LCV gave the Governor a ?neutral? score on How Green is
DETROIT - Forget Kim Kardashian...I think we accidentally broke the internet last week. Or at least our site came close to breaking. One of our posts trended worldwide, and whacky mayhem ensued...but more on that in a moment. We've got several entries for you to check out, we're going to experiment and tweak the way
ANN ARBOR - Based on a survey of physicians by Doximity.com, the U-M Health System and its Medical School ranked No. 6 nationally, for excellence across 20 specialties. The achievement is based on the number of residency training specialties that rank in the top 10 nationally ? in U-M's case, it's 12. Only Massachusetts General
LANSING - StudentsFirst Vice President of State Affairs and former State Representative Tim Melton made the following statement regarding Governor Rick Snyder's State of the State speech. During the speech, Gov. Snyder called for the implementation of teacher and administrator evaluation as well as continued efforts to improve pre-school through 3rd grade reading: "I applaud
DETROIT - Online Tech is hosting free Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery workshops in Indianapolis on January 22 and in Detroit on February 19. The sessions will feature three industry experts who will guide attendees through BCDR planning strategies and real-world scenario exercises. Instructors, who have more than 60 years of combined IT experience, are:
LANSING - The entire state of Michigan is now officially in compliance with federal particulates standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a final rule issued late Thursday. The rule designates much of the country, including all of Michigan, as meeting the PM-2.5 standard, which limits the concentration of particles 2.5 micrometers in diameter.
LANSING - Michigan's economy is continuing to grow and rebound from the Great Recession, George Fulton, director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics at the University of Michigan said Friday, noting that by 2017 the state should gain 531,200 jobs from the 858,400 lost during the previous decade. That constitutes 62 percent of the
LANSING - The tax credits being claimed from the repealed Michigan Business Tax are causing a lot of headaches as their unpredictability is seen as one of the biggest drivers behind bleak figures at Friday's January Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference, but officials at the Michigan Strategic Fund say there is little they can do about
HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University has a new face in Washington. The University has signed an agreement with Federal Science Partners to do federal governmental relations for Michigan Tech. The veteran Washington lobbyists will represent Tech?s interests in key federal policy initiatives, proposed legislation and government regulatory activities. They will work with the University on