LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder's re-election campaign has put up a new website that his campaign said will allow Michigan residents to see how the state has improved since Snyder took office. Following the "Road to Recovery" theme outlined in Snyder's campaign ad released Monday, the RoadToRecovery.RickforMichigan.Com website urges visitors to take a drive on
LANSING - The Michigan Campaign Finance Network released data on Wednesday showing candidates in competitive statewide races have been largely outspent by independent groups when it comes to television advertisements being aired around the state. Out of $4.4 million spent on television ads supporting Governor Rick Snyder, $1.4 million came from his own campaign, with
LANSING - Millions in new television advertisements are set to hit the airwaves, again slamming Republican U.S. Senate candidate Terri Land on environmental issues. This time, it is the NextGen Climate organization, founded by liberal billionaire Tom Steyer, tying Ms. Land to the billionaire conservative brothers Charles and David Koch - the de rigueur punching
LANSING - A new television ad from the Democratic Governors Association attacks Governor Rick Snyder on cuts to education and ties in the controversy about a furniture contract that his cousin's company has with the state. Republicans said Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer should repudiate the ad because the education claims are untrue. The issue
DALLAS - AT&T Wednesday confirmed that it will be among the first U.S. carriers to bring you the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge smartphones ? both on the 4G LTE network. AT&T also confirmed it will offer the Samsung Gear VR, a wearable device that offers a virtual reality experience
DETROIT - NextEnergy has awarded a $35,000 Michigan Accelerating Technology (MATch) Energy Grant to University of Michigan Professor Jeff Sakamoto for development of an ultra-high energy, safe, low-cost, solid-state electrolyte technology for energy storage. The new technology will be used in an all solid-state rechargeable battery, resulting in higher vehicle range and miles per charge
DETROIT- The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index for August hovered just above the three-month average and well above the value that suggests economic growth. In a show of confidence, more than 93 percent of the respondents believe the Southeast Michigan economy will remain stable or become more stable over the next six months. The tale
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic, a global supplier of logistics systems for factory, warehouse and distribution centers, is expanding its research and development capabilities to Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, to address customers? needs to further innovate the supply chain. Dematic?s new Vice President of Global Software Development, Pete Devenyi, a former Senior Vice President of Enterprise Software
ANN ARBOR - The American Institute for Economic Research released their findings on the top 75 college towns in the nation. Ann Arbor made quite the showing at number two in the small metro category. The ?college experience? is about more than simply attending a top-notch university. The city or town where the school is
LANSING ? The Department of Environmental Quality is offering $10,000 in grants to help Michigan institutions develop sustainable, green laboratory practices and projects. The funding is available through DEQ?s Michigan Green Labs Initiative, a collaborative grant effort to assist institutions and share best practices for minimizing the environmental impacts of their laboratory operations. The project