LANSING - Deterred momentarily by a balky pen, Gov. Rick Snyder signed the first two laws of his administration on Tuesday, bills that would put into law the state's already voluntary program for the Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Program. Snyder said the two bills, SB 122 and HB 4212, provide important opportunities for agriculture in
LANSING - Supporters of repealing the requirement that retailers place a price tag on all goods they sell are nearing the end of a decades-long journey, and it seems remarkably anti-climactic for how charged the issue has long been. The Senate Economic Development Committee, with little resistance, approved the bill (HB 4158 ) on a
COOPERSVILLE - IT Resource, a provider of Information Technology services, has hired Lori Brandt as Help Desk Manager. Brandt?s role will consist of enhancing IT Resource?s ability to triage service activities on behalf of their customers, driving quality through the customer experience from call initiation through completion. Her areas of expertise are customer service and
TROY - Automation Alley added 17 new members in February. ?We hit the ground running this year. Nearly 20 new members from across southeast Michigan joined this past month.? said Ken Rogers, Automation Alley executive director. ?This is further proof that Automation Alley is still a driving force in the business community.? New members in
TROY - Automation Alley announced Tuesday that its Board of Directors has approved a resolution to support the New International Trade Crossing project, a second bridge connecting Windsor and Detroit. The NITC project is a joint U.S.-Canadian border crossing solution that would directly connect I-75 to Highway 401 in Canada, improving travel time across the
LANSING - It is the type of technical question that can occasionally throw people into fits, but the issue has been raised about whether Gov. Rick Snyder's proposal to combine his proposed changes to the state's personal income tax and create a new corporate income tax in one bill would run afoul of the Constitution's
TROY - Automation Alley is hosting a seminar March 31 focusing on the recent health care legislation, how it currently affects your business and what to expect for the future. The discussion will include: An overview and updated timeline What impact has the legislation had so far? What you should have done and what do
LANSING. ? The Corn Marketing Program of Michigan has partnered with the Lenawee Conservation District, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee to conduct an extensive research and demonstration project to test plots for growers to learn and evaluate data, without it affecting their farming operation?s bottom line. The Center for
GRAND RAPIDS - Northwood University's DeVos Graduate School of Management has partnered with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League to offer the DeVos Leadership MeNU Series, a three-part management training series offered prior to select Griffins' home games. The third installment of this series, ?Secrets to a Successful Strategy,? will take place
SANTA BARBARA, Ca. - Companies that make everything from solar panels to renewable-crude oil continue to be big draws for funding from the venture-capital community. But a company that rewards consumers for recycling led The Wall Street Journal's second-annual ranking of venture-backed clean-tech companies. Recyclebank, which provides recycling-rewards programs in 29 states and the U.K.,