LANSING - States face a series of revenue and fiscal issues, including Medicaid costs, underfunded retirement costs, local government fiscal stress and narrowing tax bases that could lead to overall budget crisis for many states, a national report said. The report, from the State Budget Crisis Task Force, did not include Michigan in the states
TROY ? Billhighway has debuted Billhighway Connect, a flexible payment processing solution that integrates with existing nonprofit donor software and accounting, payroll, banking and database systems. Billhighway Connect helps organizations that rely on donations or membership transactions to seamlessly integrate online, phone and mail payments into a robust financial system. Nonprofits enjoy minimum upfront costs
LIVONIA ? Schoolcraft College is hosting an event on Aug. 1 about incorporating social collaboration into master content management. Collaborative and social content experiences are how today?s business user consumes and creates content. These content environments come with the same culpability and responsibility as traditional content systems, but organizations need an end-to-end strategy and solution
TROY - New business and export sales for Automation Alley's trade mission participants to Brazil now total $188 million, an increase of $22 million. The total contracts secured by participants have created 1,044 new jobs, both direct and indirect, for Southeast Michigan. ?It?s remarkable what our International Business Services team continues to achieve. A 12
LANSING ? Blaine Baker has been appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder to fill an open position on the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan board of directors. Baker, co-owner of Bakerlads Farm in Clayton, brings nearly 40 years of farming experience to the CMPM board. He serves as vice chairman of the Lenawee Conservation District and
LANSING - The Michigan Retailers Association on Monday called on Treasurer Andy Dillon to send a bill to online mogul Amazon for sales tax owed to the state, asserting it has a physical presence and therefore, by law, must require its customers pay sales tax. "Because Amazon has a physical presence in Michigan it has
DETROIT - General Motors will be creating big new IT development centers at its Warren tech center and its downtown Detroit headquarters over the next three years under new chief information officer Randy Mott, told WWJ Newsradio 950 editor Matt Roush. In an interview Thursday morning, Mott said he believes ?insourcing? IT will give GM
CANTON TOWNSHIP ? Home furnishings retailer Idea on Tuesday went green, plugging in its 122,200 square foot photovoltaic array at its Canton Township store. The PV array consists of a 977.6-kW system, built with 4,160 panels and will produce approximately 1.1 million kilowatt-hours of clean electricity a year, the equivalent of reducing 769 tons of
ANN ARBOR - Three Michigan companies received investments from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, totaling $600,000. To date, the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, a collaborative effort of Michigan?s SmartZones to support start-ups? product commercialization, has awarded 75 Michigan companies with seed funding totaling more than $16.5 million. The three companies recently awarded Michigan Pre-Seed Capital
DETROIT - Bright House Networks announced that has launched its Whole House Digital Video Recorder in Detroit, which allows viewers to record their favorite programs on their DVR in one room and watch them in any room of the house. ?We are thrilled to now make our new Whole House DVR available to customers in