SOUTHGATE - Meadowlark Energy will partner with the Michigan Suburbs Alliance in the Green Anchors project to manage the construction portion of a pilot project in Southgate, Michigan, to rehab abandoned or foreclosed properties and make them as energy efficient as possible. The program involves an intensive rehab of several neighborhood homes to bring their
LANSING ? The Michigan House and Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed bills that would discontinue charging sales tax on trade-in motor vehicles, recreational vehicles and boats when purchasing one. The big change, as was first reported Monday by Gongwer News Service, was extending the phaseout of applying the sales tax to the value of the
TROY - Walsh College alumni continue to see Michigan?s longer-term economic prospects on an upward trend since 2011, yet express caution when compared to the country as a whole. National economic sentiment has been marked by volatility since 2011, but has improved nearly 50 percent over the last 12 months, according to preliminary findings of
WASHINGTON DC - The National Institute of Standards and Technology released its draft cybersecurity framework for private companies and infrastructure networks on Tuesday. These standards are part of an executive order that President Obama proposed in February. The aim of NIST's framework (PDF) is to create guidelines that companies can use to beef up their
TROY - Billhighway has donated $2,412 and can be attributed to the Make-A-Wish Southern Nevada to help Isaac, a 3 � year old boy who suffers from Langerhans cell histiocytosis, realize his dream of visiting Lightning McQueen at Disneyland. Make-A-Wish grants a wish, on average, every 38 minutes to a child with a life threatening
ANN ARBOR - Enzo Life Sciences has expanded its portfolio of drug discovery screening platforms with the introduction of the new Leading Ligh Sclerostin-LRP Screening System. The Leading Light Sclerostin-LRP Screening System was developed to meet the market need for a simple, sensitive biochemical screening assay for detection of sclerostin inhibitors (antagonists of the Wnt
LANSING - The longest-serving attorney general in the nation, Frank J. Kelley, Michigan's 50th attorney general, was honored at a ceremony Wednesday when the walkway from the state Capitol building to the Michigan Hall of Justice was officially named the "Frank J. Kelley Capitol Walkway." "I am extremely honored and humbled to receive this recognition
SAN JOSE - Women In Technology International announced that the nomination process for its 19th Women in Science and Technology Hall of Fame Awards for 2014 is now open. The WITI Hall of Fame award, considered to be among the most prestigious honors for women in science and technology, was established to recognize the notable
KALAMAZOO ? There?s a scene in the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," where Butch gets ready for a knife fight. He asks his advisory if there are any rules. When told no, Butch kicks the man in the groin. A similar scene played out this week when the National Science Foundation awarded a
LANSING - Business groups have long argued increasing the minimum wage forces employers to cut back on hiring, but the Michigan League for Public Policy said in a report released Monday that the increase would generate jobs. The group estimates that increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour from the current $7.40 would mean