LANSING - U.S. Rep. John Conyers is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to deny permits for the controversial commercial hazardous waste injection well in Romulus that he once supported, Gongwer News Service has learned. The move comes as Conyers (D-Detroit) considers whether to run in a new congressional district that includes Romulus, where opposition to
HOLLYWOOD - A splinter group of hacker collective Anonymous is turning attention away from corporations and governments and toward Hollywood stars. According to multiple reports, the Hollywood Leaks team has announced its intent to target celebrities in film, TV, and music--evidently, folks like Miley Cyrus, Tom Cruise, and rapper Kreayshawn have already been hit, CNET
LANSING - Replacing the revenue generated by the personal property tax will require a variety of approaches to reflect the widely diverging amount of revenue the tax generates for local governments, Governor Rick Snyder said Wednesday. Snyder, in a wide-ranging interview with Gongwer News Service in his Romney Building office, also said he wants replacement
LANSING ? Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and his colleagues in most of the other Great Lakes states have said they are expanding a coalition to try to seal off a connection between the lakes and the Mississippi River that has allowed for invasive species to travel between the waterways. While the issue of preventing
LANSING - Despite another failed attempt to require that universities conducting embryonic stem cell research in Michigan report those activities to the state through the higher education budget, advocates of the reporting requirements are pressing ahead with calls to put that language in the Public Health Code. Earlier this year, the Legislature put in boilerplate
TROY - The Huffmaster Companies, a nationwide provider of security technologies and services, announced the nationwide launch of its newest division; VirSec. VirSec provides virtual security, including remote video monitoring, remote access management, and hosted security services via the VirSec Operations Center. The VOC houses state-of-the-art security video and access control technology, monitored and managed
GRAND RAPIDS ? Cyber Styletto, the cyber crime novella co-authored by MITechNews.Com Editor and Publisher Mike Brennan, is now available as an eBook on the Barnes and Noble web site. The book will be available on Amazon.Com by the end of September. ?We?re so excited that the novella is now picking up traction and beginning
WARREN - Whether you're starting a business, introducing new products or services, or adding locations, it's always a good idea to first do your research. Informed decisions make the best decisions, and ? especially when credit is tight ? we often need to show that we have a solid understanding of our target markets. Unfortunately,
WARREN - The company that manages the global Internet address system ? the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ? recently approved two changes to the domain name system that could significantly impact your online business model. One represents a potential threat to your company's brand identity that can be avoided with prompt action.
WARREN - Because our marketing and media company is based out of Lansing, we see a lot of negativity when it comes to our state. To combat this view, we put together a two-week social media road trip to give the state a much-needed PR boost. During ?#MeetMichigan with @m3_group,? we visited all 83 counties