LANSING - Michigan's new controversial unemployment benefits bill got some major national attention on Friday while another top Democrat called on Governor Rick Snyder to veto the measure. But a spokesperson for Snyder said he is expected to sign HB 4408 this week. The Washington Post featured a story about the legislation as its lead
DETROIT - The city of Detroit will likely succeed in adding several thousand residents to its population through its challenge to the Census count of 713,777, but the chances of adding enough residents to get the city's population above 750,000 are low, State Demographer Ken Darga said Friday. In an interview, Darga said there are
LANSING - The potential change of government in Canada should have no effect on that country's promise to offer up to $550 million in support for construction of the proposed new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, a spokesperson for Governor Rick Snyder and supporters of the project said. Since the proposed bridge is considered
LANSING - A top Wall Street rating agency has praised the state's new controversial emergency manager law, calling it a positive credit move for Michigan and local governments. Governor Rick Snyder signed the laws last week, following contentious legislative debate and large, loud public protests, that could give emergency managers broad powers to correct financial
HOUSTON - The Rice Business Plan Competition will be awarding more than $1 million in prizes, including a top prize of $400,000, to aid new start-up businesses at the 11th annual competition at Rice University April 14-16. Two teams selected to compete come from the University of Michigan. Forty-two teams were selected from more than
DETROIT - Data Center Intelligence software maker CiRBA has chosen Airfoil Public Relations as its agency of record. Airfoil, with offices in Southfield, Mich. and Mountain View, Calif. is an independent firm specializing in marketing communications and public relations for technology companies. ?Airfoil?s experience and creativity will play a key role in our endeavors to
GRAND RAPIDS - Gentel Biosciences and Van Andel Research Institute announced Friday they have been granted U.S. Patent 7,838,634 for a new screening tool that could will help provide early detection of certain types of cancers. The patent provides for a new method to profile changes in the glycosylation of proteins captured on the surface
ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor / Ypsilanti Regional Chamber has hired Rebecca Woodward as Marketing Coordinator. She will be responsible for the Chamber's social media marketing, web site content, e-newsletters, and publication design. Woodward will also assist with Chamber events and spearhead the development of a Young Professionals organization to help the Chamber better
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. government is warning that critical infrastructure systems are at risk of being compromised or attacked in response to the public release of exploits for dozens of holes in four different supervisory control and data acquisition, or SCADA software products. Saying he had no previous knowledge of SCADA systems before beginning
LANSING - Detroit's population in 2010 falling to a level not seen in a century, and a major population shift to the western part of Michigan, were among the most astonishing facts to come out of the U.S. Census data released on Tuesday. The state also saw a startling increase in both the Hispanic and