DETROIT - Gov. Rick Snyder unveiled the Michigan Cyber Initiative 2015 to an audience of nearly 700 information technology experts and professionals on Monday during what he billed as the North American International Cyber Summit in Detroit. Snyder, who was re-elected earlier this month for a second four-year term, outlined an ambitious plan over the
LANSING - Though the exact costs are still unclear, Michigan growers and processors, and some non-agricultural industries, sending their products to Canada will face some additional costs in the coming year, Agriculture and Rural Development Director Jamie Clover Adams told the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development at its meeting Wednesday. Canada is planning retaliatory
LANSING - Legislation that would make permanent the Michigan film incentive program, simplify the incentives and make taxable some of the post-release income generated by the productions cleared the House Commerce Committee on Wednesday. The committee made no major changes to the legislation, SB 1103 , a top priority of Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville
ROCHESTER - Use of social media can have legal consequences, both personally and professionally. Is your brand being ?hijacked? on social media? Can an employee be fired because of a social media post? What does your favorite social media platform do with your personal information? Could social media be used as an alibi? Kathy Ossian
DEARBORN - The ninth annual Michigan Council for Women in Technology annual black-tie Signature Gala November 8 raised more than $300,000 and also inaugurated a new president for the MCWT. The annual event was hosted by Ford Motor Company to raise funds for the MCWT Foundation serving women in technology through all stages of education
LANSING - Long-stymied efforts to increase funding for Michigan's battered roads won a momentous victory Thursday in the Senate with the passage of legislation that hopes to eventually raise more than $1 billion through doubling the gasoline tax. It took several attempts on an updated version of the bill it last attempted to pass in
LANSING ? Dan Lohrmann, the long-time Michigan Chief Information Security Officer, has spent the past several months accumulating to his new role in the private sector where he is Chief Strategist and Chief Security Officer at Security Mentor, which is developing executive training for business executives. Lohrmann said while still working at the State he
NOVI - Much of the discussion about Michigan?s economic recovery centers on attracting and retaining businesses and jobs, and on educating our students to be well prepared for those jobs. In keeping with ITC?s desire to be a good neighbor and an involved corporate citizen of the communities we serve, we actively support organizations and
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Detroit-based Community Push Wednesday announced the launch of a new crowdfunding campaign through Michigan crowdfunding platform Patronicity as part of the MEDC Public Spaces Community Places initiative. The campaign will support phase two of The Wig, a community-led project to transform the vacant and blighted Wigle Recreation
SOUTHFIELD - Verizon Wireless has declared Nov. 26 Connection Day and is offering mobile users the chance to connect with friends, music, books, news, and apps on one of the busiest travel days of the year, the day before Thanksgiving. On Nov. 26, all consumers regardless of wireless carrier can receive everything from movies to