LANSING - Cyber schools that were first authorized in law during "Race to the Top" reforms in late 2009 could expand across Michigan under a bill reported Wednesday. SB 619 , which deletes the two-cyber school maximum under current law and opens enrollment to more kids, is part of an education reform package expanding charter
LANSING - Several Republican members of the Michigan House Commerce Committee took issue Wednesday with the proposed structure of a $100 million business development fund, while bringing up past criticisms of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. "The past administration had nothing but a slush fund through MEDC, and it was wrought with fraud and misuse
LANSING - The 12th annual conference of Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship, one of Michigan's oldest and premier conferences with a longstanding history of educating and engaging Great Lakes entrepreneurs from innovative rapid-growth technology and bioscience companies, will be held on January 31, 2012 at Ann Arbor's Skyline High School. ACE brings together entrepreneurs, innovators and
AUBURN HILLS ? Plex Online FSMS announced the latest in its series of instructive webinars to address issues of concern for the food and beverage industry. Register for ?Getting Started with Your Food Safety Plan Webinar,? on Wednesday, October 19 at 11 a.m. Registration is free. Former FDA Associate Commissioner of Foods Dr. David Acheson
PONTIAC - pushtwentytwo, an integrated marketing communications agency, has landed a new client, Wittock Kitchen and Bath, a division of Saginaw based Standard Electric. Wittock Kitchen and Bath is one of the largest distributors of plumbing, heating and mechanical products in Michigan. ?pushtwentytwo?s experience and creativity will play a key role in our endeavors to
GRAND RAPIDS - Local officials have called on Governor Rick Snyder and the Legislature to guarantee full replacement of personal property tax revenue if they repeal the tax, but Snyder said Thursday that he does not see such a plan as workable. In September, a coalition of local government officials, school groups and unions proposed
LANSING - Michigan officials need to move with some dispatch to enact a health exchange in order to ensure the federal government does not impose an exchange on the state, members of both the House Health Policy committees were told Thursday by insurance company executives. But Republicans questioned why the government should set up such
YPSILANTI ? Gov. Rick Snyder will announced the Michigan Cyber Initiative on Oct. 7 during the Michigan Cyber Summit, which also features Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The Summit is a day-long cyber security briefing at Eastern Michigan University. Also attending is White House Cybersecurity Coordinator and Special Assistant to the President Howard Schmidt, and
LANSING - State officials announced Wednesday the purchase of 135 miles of rail line from Norfolk Southern Railway as part of an effort to increase passenger rail speeds across the state. The rail, between Kalamazoo and Dearborn, is part of the Amtrak Wolverine line and officials hope to improve the rails and bed to allow
LANSING - Economic activity was essentially flat in July, but Michigan saw increased automobile production that month, which has helped ease supply-chain constraints, so says Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity Index. "Sales for the three Detroit automakers held up in August and September despite the severe drop in consumer confidence that we saw at the