EAST LANSING - The importance of improving the Great Lakes, cleaning its waters and beaches and ridding it of invasive species, is magnified by the recognition that the entire Great Lakes region is equal to the fourth-largest economy in the world. At a forum on threats to the Great Lakes, sponsored by the Institute for
LANSING - Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-Taylor) on Wednesday introduced a bill (SB 322 ) to increase Michigan's Renewable Portfolio Standard from the current 10 percent by 2015 to 22 percent by 2022. The legislation comes after an election in which renewable energy proponents lost a battle to try to up that mandate to 25 percent
LANSING - With the anticipation that unmanned aerial drones will soon move from foreign battlefields to domestic police work as well as engineering and scientific applications, legislation to regulate the use of drones in Michigan drew both praise and concern before the Michigan House Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday. Rep. Kurt Heise (R-Plymouth Township), the
SOUTH LYON ? Help change the life of one special little girl. You need NOT make a donation. You need NOT attend a benefit. All you need to do is give 30 seconds of your day, until May 10th, and you can change the life of Breanna Rose Strange. Breanna Rose, 11, has suffered all
YPSILANTI - A three team alliance of Bloomfield International Academy, Utica Schools and Romeo Engineering & Tech Center won the Michigan state title in FIRST Robotics April 13, earning a trip to the World Championships in St. Louis in late April. The state?s top 64 teams from 11 district tournaments around the state the prior
ANN ARBOR - Nine Michigan companies have received a combined total of more than $397,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, bringing the total amount loaned through the Fund to nearly $3.6 million. The companies received the funding to support commercialization of their core products. ?The Michigan Microloan Fund Program helps businesses across the state
GRAND RAPIDS ? Internet Service Provider Iserv announced it has doubled its sales staff, extended its call center hours to accommodate customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week and implemented a new customer assurance department. ?With all of the new services offered by Iserv, such as Hosted Voice and Enterprise Wireless, the need
LANSING ? The Michigan Business Development and Community Revitalization program is providing more than $2 million in tax incentives to four Michigan companies that will invest $44.7 million and create up to 223 jobs. ?These four companies are demonstrating that Michigan can compete with any state in the country as a great place to grow
DETROIT - Gamification and CRM solutions company LevelEleven, one of the dozens of properties houses in the Madison Building owned by Detroit Venture Partners, has landed another $500,000 in seed financing that includes an undisclosed amount from long-time Michigan technology entrepreneur Rick Inatome. Inatome, a long time mentor to LevelEleven CEO Bob Marsh, was joined
WASHINGTON D.C. - Philip Lieberman, author and CEO of security firm Lieberman Software, believes United States is on the brink of suffering a major cyber attack from another nation state that will severely damage the country's national infrastructure. The security expert has spoken out as the U.S. falls into its latest bout of international confrontation,