LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday proposed a funding factor of 91 cents per meter per month as its first annual income energy assistance funding factor for the Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund created by law earlier this month. The factor was based on the assumption that all utilities that have filed nothing yet
LANSING ? Michigan House Democrats announced legislation on Thursday that would add regulations to horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to require more transparency from companies do fracking for natural gas. The legislation would require the disclosure of chemicals used in the fracking process and report the water used when it exceeds 100,000 gallons; allow communities
NOVI ? The second Michigan Cyber Summit will be held on Oct. 25 and feature Gov. Rick Snyder and other leaders in the state?s efforts to grow a cyber security industry. The summit also will serve as the host event for the second meeting of the National Governors Association Resource Center for State Cybersecurity Advisory
STAMFORD - Worldwide PC shipments dropped to 76 million units in the second quarter of 2013, a 10.9 percent decrease from the same period last year, the fifth consecutive quarter of declining shipments - the longest duration of decline in the PC market?s history. All regions showed a decline compared to a year ago, according
LANSING ? The Michigan Strategic Fund Wednesday approved a $350,000 Michigan Business Development Program incentive for ZYNP International Corporation to expand its operations and add a new R&D center in the City of Romulus, a project that will generate up to $9.5 million in new private investment and add 51 new jobs. ?ZYNP International is
LANSING - The Education Trust-Midwest released a report Tuesday that shows Michigan students performing below the national average in every category in the study, saying it showed the need for the Common Core standards and the effects they could have on education. "In too many recent meetings, state leaders talk about how students will 'all
LANSING - Overall tax collections were approximately $99.3 million above the level expected by the Senate Fiscal Agency for the month of June based on its May consensus revenue estimates, a monthly revenue report concluded on Wednesday, but the $1.8 billion total collected taxes for the General Fund and School Aid Fund were down about
LANSING - A lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia on Tuesday calling on the court to stop the discharge of ballast water by international ships in the Great Lakes. The National Wildlife Federation filed the suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection agency, after the EPA issued
DETROIT - Verizon Wireless has expanded its 4G LTE network to more of Branch, Hillsdale and Jackson counties including the communities of Bronson, Brooklyn, Coldwater, Hillsdale, Jonesville, Litchfield, Ransom, and Tekonsha. The expansion also adds 4G LTE coverage along US 12 from the Michigan International Speedway to Bronson. Verizon Wireless was the first national wireless
DETROIT- The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index dropped sharply in June, to 49.2, after having reached a six-month high of 61.2 in May, perhaps reflecting a leveling off of business activity, expert says. The 12 point drop is reportedly due to a decrease in the New Orders Index (from 68.0 to 47.6), Finished Goods Inventory