LANSING - U.S. Rep. Gary Peters, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, began deploying one of the major items in his arsenal Tuesday, calling out his Republican opponent, former Secretary of State Terri Land, for the troubled Business Application Modernization project that an audit lambasted Land's Department of State and the Department of Technology, Management and
LANSING ? This year?s GreenUp Conference November 12 on the campus at Michigan State University at the Kellogg Center will provide excellent opportunities for sharing information, networking, and learning. The highlight will be the 6th Annual Michigan Green Chemistry Governor?s Award Ceremony. Keynote speakers: Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh, Co-Director of the Mascaro Center for
LANSING - In the second poll in a week, Governor Rick Snyder is shown leading his Democratic opponent Mark Schauer by 6 percentage points. The poll, conducted by the Lansing firm of EPIC/MRA, also showed, however, that 8 percent of those polled would favor an unnamed third party candidate, and another 8 percent said they
LANSING - Gongwer News Service's 2014 Michigan Elections app, the groundbreaking new tool that debuted earlier this year with essential information and analysis on this year's state and federal elections, is now available for half the original price. Available for iOS and Android for $4.99, the app is the perfect tool for obtaining on-the-go, easy-to-navigate
LANSING - The Public Service Commission has approved a settlement agreement granting Consumers Energy Company a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct natural gas facilities to serve new customers in Gaines Township in Kent County and Leighton Township in Allegan County. Under the terms of the settlement (Case U-17645), the two townships grant
TROY - Walsh College President and CEO Stephanie Bergeron and members of Walsh College?s Blackstone LaunchPad team will highlight steps for starting a successful business from the ground up during Walsh College?s Walshpreneur Fair celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week. The public is invited to the business college?s Troy campus to attend the free event from 5
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple says that most Mac users are safe from a newly discovered security flaw, one that could - in principle - allow hackers to take over an operating system. Known as the "Shellshock" or "Bash" bug, the latest vulnerability for the world's computers involves the execution of malicious code within a bash
LANSING - Online want ads showed a big increase in the state during August, up by 9.5 percent, figures by Michigan's Labor Market Information division. The increase reversed two months of decline in the ads, the report said, and was the second largest increase in online want ads this year. There were 174,920 online ads
GRAND RAPIDS - In the strongest terms he has used yet, Governor Rick Snyder called a Democratic Governors Association ad attacking him for cutting school funds "hogwash" and a "lie" in comments made at a forum in Grand Rapids, the Kalamazoo Gazette Editorial Board and then at the first town hall of his campaign. For
SOUTHFIELD ? Informal networking and a panel discussion were the format last week at the monthly meeting of the Detroit Chapter of the Association for Women in Communication that focused on the changing media landscape wrought by new digital tools ushered in by the Internet age. Women and men with a wide spectrum of journalistic