LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder's plan to convert discretionary revenue sharing from traditional payments to money local governments could obtain if they follow guidelines on financial transparency, setting performance metrics, service sharing and public employee benefits appears to have strong legislative support. The Senate Appropriations General Government Subcommittee approved a budget (SB 177 ) Tuesday
DETROIT - Join TechTown at the May First Friday for a special celebration of women entrepreneurs. Three women will share their inspiring stories and wisdom they've gained along the way in their entrepreneurial journeys. Presenters include: Carolyn Cassin, President and CEO, Michigan Women's Foundation Debi Scroggins, President and CEO, The Bearclaw Coffee Company LaTonya Barber,
ANN ARBOR - Reidar Langmo, partner and CEO of Novus Energy Partners will open the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium on May 11 and Jay Hoag, founding general partner of Technology Crossover Ventures, will offer the luncheon keynote address. The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium is the state?s largest and most highly sought after venture capital event
LANSING - School employee unions could be decertified if they call a strike and teachers could lose their licenses if they join the strike under legislation being considered by the Michigan House Education Committee. Though a 2008 strike in Wayne-Westland Community Schools was cited as a driving force for the changes (HB 4465 and HB
ANN ARBOR - Which business model makes the most sense for your business? Each has distinct advantages and attributes that will affect planning in the early stages -- yet putting off the decision on which route is best will cost both time and money. A New Enterprise Forum panel on April 21 will teach you
LANSING - A revised tax policy, which will include a $25 per child credit for those persons eligible for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, will help the poor in the state, Lt. Governor Brian Calley said Wednesday, as well as help remake the state to help Michigan businesses and attract new companies. In outlining
ARLINGTON, Va. - Internet2, Indiana University and the Clean Slate Program at Stanford University announced the Network Development and Deployment Initiative, a partnership to create a new network platform and complementary software, which together will support global scientific research in a revolutionary new way. Through substantial investments by each of the partners, the NDDI will
DEARBORN - Recent hiring announcements in the automotive sector are a welcome sign and one that supports the fact that the industry is rebounding. This new hiring and other workforce trends related to the transformation of the automotive industry will be the focus of the Driving Change: Greening the Automotive Workforce conference, May 3-4 at
ARLINGTON, Va. - Internet2 announced Tuesday at its annual Spring Member Meeting that Randy Stout, Research and Development Coordinator at Kan-ed has been honored with this year's Richard Rose Award, an annual award established to recognize extraordinary individual contributions that extend the reach of advanced networking into the K20 community. In his role as Research
NOVI - Michael Finney, President & CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, will discuss the impact of Michigan's economic turnaround on business strategies on May 10 at the DTE Energy and Engineering Society of Detroit Energy Conference & Exhibition at the Suburban Collection Showplace. This conference, which draws an annual crowd of more than