GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Women's Foundation is seeking applicants for the 2015 Entrepreneur You competitions for business plans and pitches, an annual event for women entrepreneurs in the state. Applicants have until 5 p.m. July 13 to apply for either the Grand Rapids or Southeast Michigan competitions, where they can win cash and professional
DETROIT - Payment kiosks installed in March 2014 at the State of Michigan's 36th District Court in Detroit will begin accepting payment for misdemeanors in the second half of 2015. The equipment was installed by Global Tel Link, which provides technology for the public safety and justice sector. "GTL does the heavy lifting to ensure
LANSING - Some of the changes the state has made spending tens of millions of dollars upgrading computer systems may not have gone smoothly, but some praise the upgrades. Dominic Perone, an inspector for the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the EZAM and Exam-Hand software the department has been using for grain dealers
LANSING - Consumers Energy Company and DTE Electric Company customers could soon pay more, or less, depending on when they use power under tariffs approved Monday by the Public Service Commission. The orders (Case No. U-17688 for Consumers and U-17689 for DTE) require the utilities to offer time-of-use rates to customers with smart meters. DTE's
LANSING - The state has spent tens of millions of dollars upgrading computer systems since Governor Rick Snyder took office, but, as with prior attempts to improve the system, the changes have not always gone as smoothly as many would like. But state officials said this time they are keeping track of what is going
ANN ARBOR - Gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the U.S. slipped last month, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, vans and SUVs purchased in June was 25.4 mpg, down from 25.5 mpg in May. "The decline likely reflects the
LANSING - It seems the Michigan Senate can add one more group to its list of skeptics on its plan to fix Michigan roads, as the Michigan Association of Counties says it cannot get behind the plan because of its reliance on funding shifts. "MAC has consistently supported the difficult, but necessary, decision to raise
LANSING - The state implemented a new system for handling unemployment taxes and claims, implemented in 2012 (MiDAS Tax) and 2013 (MiDAS Benefits), respectively, at a cost to date of $46.24 million. A worker with the Unemployment Insurance Agency, who also asked to remain anonymous, said that system has some good features, but also has
DETROIT - At the halfway point in 2015 Comerica Bank Economists see reasons to expect solid U.S. economic growth through the second half of the year. U.S. data at the end of the second quarter are encouraging. There is ample evidence of a pickup in economic momentum through the second quarter, after a weak
NEW YORK, NY - Twenty seven venture-backed initial public offerings raised $3.4 billion during the second quarter of 2015, a 59 percent increase, by number of offerings, from the first quarter of this year and more than double the level of dollars raised during the previous three-month period, according to the Exit Poll Report