ANN ARBOR - Getting beyond startup? Join MiQuest for Venture Drive. If you've got a leadership team that's focused on rapid growth and a vetted business model, this competition is for you. It is definitely for you if the critical issues you're facing include a lack of access to capital, ineffective management practices, and difficulty
LANSING - Gongwer News Service Thursday unveiled two major new features to its pioneering bill tracking system that allow subscribers greater flexibility and utility in following legislation. The first change enables subscribers to track bills by general category. Under the new service, a subscriber identifies the categories he or she wants to follow. When new
LANSING - Urban farms with livestock cannot be verified as following proper environmental practices under standards approved, with some reservations, Wednesday by the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development. The new Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program standards follow recent generally accepted agriculture management practices that say category 4 farms, those in high population residential areas,
DETROIT - At first glance, you might think this story is about a candle. The Jam Jar looks like it could be one, with the colorful filling inside of a classic Mason Jar. But the Jam Jar is a radio, decorative and useful for the home. Mason Jars are kind of hip right now. You
DETROIT - Every once in a while we meet an inspiring leader in the Detroit area who?s making an impact in entrepreneurship that can?t be ignored. Devita Davidson is one of those Detroiters. We?re thrilled to learn that when Oprah was in town this past weekend for her motivational ?The Life You Want Weekend? event
LANSING - Customers who used Unemployment Insurance Agency debit cards at Home Depot between April 2014 and August 2014 could potentially be impacted by the store's recent announcement that its payment data systems were breached, the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs said Tuesday. Some unemployment insurance claimants receive their benefits via debit cards issued
LANSING - The percentage of Michiganders without health insurance fell in 2013 from 11.4 percent to 11 percent, according to census data released Tuesday. According to the data, circulated by the Michigan League for Public Policy, 1,072,000 residents did not have health insurance in 2013. But the league said that number will fall much substantially
LANSING - Bills that would allow terminally ill patients the right to try drugs that have only gone through the first phase of Food and Drug Administration testing were sent to the House floor on Tuesday by the House Health Policy Committee. SB 991 would create the Right to Try Act, allowing individuals with terminal
DETROIT - Over the years, Detroit has held many titles and nicknames, many of them negative - which is why, as the city works to reinvent itself, one local woman is on a mission to crown it the "Little Free Library capital of the world." Kim Kozlowski wants to raise enough money over the next
DETROIT ? After an intense review process by the judge?s panel, 54 semifinalists have been selected to compete for more than $1 million in cash and in-kind prizes in the fifth annual Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. Businesses from as far as the United Kingdom, India and throughout the United States, applied this year?s competition. Applications