LANSING - Organizations that offer or oversee energy efficiency services insisted those programs would at least be severely curtailed if there was not legislation requiring utilities to offer them, while small utilities said not only would the programs continue, but the current law inhibits what they can do as the Michigan House Energy Policy Committee
LANSING - Speaking to the Michigan House Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Committee one day after the full House voted not to fund the state's $50 million film incentive program, the head of Michigan Film Office said that showing sustainability is important to the Film Office and industry in Michigan. Jenelle Leonard would not discuss the
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder, back in Michigan Wednesday after a swing through three national events where he stoked speculation about his interest in running for president, was mostly as inscrutable as ever on the topic. However, one thing Snyder did say reaffirmed one of the central reasons why most believe he will not run
DETROIT - Challenge Detroit will host its fourth-year finalists for interviews with 25 host companies at the Fort Shelby Hotel in Detroit May 7 and 8. The new Fellows will be announced in June and start the program in September. Finalists will be seeking participation in Challenge Detroit, a program that provides people with the
LANSING - Michigan's University Research Corridor - the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University - contributed $16.8 Billion to Michigan's economy, a 50 percent increase since 2007, a new report contends, bested only by a cluster of universities in Southern California. "With a more than 50 percent increase in these
GRAND RAPIDS - JJ Caldwell from the Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern in Northville won this year's top award from the Michigan Restaurant Association for going above and beyond to create a fun, hospital environment for guests, the award reads. Caldwell took home the Front of the House Restaurant Employee of the Year on April
SOUTHFIELD - Eighty robotics teams that have advanced from nine Michigan qualifying events will compete in the Robofest Michigan Championship at Lawrence Technological University on May 2. The opening ceremony in the Ridler Field House on the campus at 21000 West 10 Mile Road will be at 9 a.m., and the awards ceremony will be
EGHAM, United Kingdom - Device vendors will have to raise the prices of PCs to offset the effects of currency devaluation, according to Gartner, which predicted prices of PCs in the Eurozone and Japan, in particular, will increase by up to 10 percent during 2015. "We are currently seeing the sharp appreciation of
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will discuss on May 11 at a lunch-and-learn the huge amount of energy that typically scientific laboratories expend at major universities - typically four to six times as much energy as typical office buildings. Harvard University, for instance, estimates that its labs account for
WASHINGTON DC - President Barack Obama wants Detroit's Big Three automakers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles getting ahead of future vehicle demand, rather than trying to catch up. "Detroit needs to be focused on capturing, you know, the lion's share of the market for fuel-efficient cars. And you know, they worked with us to double