LANSING - The International Joint Commission has approved a plan to control Lake Superior water levels and is urging the United States and Canadian governments to consider plans to control water levels in Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. Under the approved plan, opening of the locks along the St. Mary's River would be limited, as
LANSING - With what could be the biggest policy change of the 2013-14 fiscal year, Medicaid eligibility expansion, still up in the air, legislators and officials in Governor Rick Snyder's administration have been in discussions on developing a new strategy to convince lawmakers to agree to the proposal. With a goal of winning approval of
LANSING - With the U.S. Senate expected to approve the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act when it returns to session in a week, state officials support the measure, especially as the latest estimates from the Michigan Department of Treasury show losses from sales both through mail-order and the Internet could total $491 million in the 2013-14
LANSING - The chances of a road funding plan passing the Legislature appear to have dipped with top Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature, along with Governor Rick Snyder, hitting a standoff in negotiations. With the partisan stalemate, House Republicans are now dangling the idea of trying to go it alone and pass a plan
LANSING - Less than 20 percent of Michigan roads eligible for federal funding are in good condition and about a third are poor, the Transportation Asset Management Council said in its annual report submitted to the Transportation Commission at its meeting Thursday. The report showed 33 percent of the federal aid system - state and
PLYMOUTH ? Chief Information Officers for the Detroit Three automakers told more than 500 people attending a Michigan Council of Women in Technology symposium said that while the number of women helping to develop automotive technology is growing, much more could be done to increase the female ranks. ?At General Motors, our technology staff is
SOUTHFIELD ? Forensic Fluids Laboratories founder Bridget Lorenz Lemberg on Thursday night was named the Grant Thornton Leader & Innovator of the Year. The award is co-sponsored by Lawrence Technological University and WWJ Newsradio 950. Lemberg was chosen from nearly 50 nominees profiled during the past 12 months on Tuesdays in the WWJ Newsradio 950
ANN ARBOR - Esperion Therapeutics, which is developing new therapies to treat high cholesterol that can be taken as a pill, announced it has completed a $33 million preferred stock financing led by new investor Longitude Capital. Existing investors Aisling Capital, Alta Partners, Domain Associates, Arboretum Ventures and Asset Management also participated in the financing.
SAN FRANCISCO - Cyberwarfare incidences jumped sharply in 2012, Akamai said, with the number of distributed denial of service attacks more than tripling from the previous year. Akamai, one of the world's largest globally distributed networks, told CNET News.Com its customers reported being targeted by 768 DDoS attacks last year, more than three times as
MOUNTAIN VIEW - A group of tech companies looking to replace passwords for online identity authentication gained a powerful ally Tuesday in the form of Google. The consortium, called the Fast IDentity Online Alliance (FIDO), is working to develop standards-based alternatives for verifying a user's identity when trying to login to Web sites and online