LANSING - The $25 million appropriation the Michigan Legislature approved for the 21st Century Jobs Fund should go to pay for the state's "Pure Michigan" advertising campaign, instead of dipping into last year's surplus, House Republicans said Tuesday. Governor Jennifer Granholm has said the state took in $100 million more than expected during the fiscal
LANSING - Governor Jennifer Granholm's veto Tuesday of $246 million in federal money for K-12 schools because of the way the Legislature distributed the money to districts likely means those schools with lower per pupil funding will receive more than they would have. Granholm signed HB 5872 (PA 205), which overall had $316 million in
LANSING - A top senator said Tuesday after Governor Jennifer Granholm vetoed a bill that would have made wide-ranging changes to liquor laws, including legalizing Sunday liquor sales before noon, that the Senate "most likely will not revisit the issue." Granholm's veto of HB 6007 , first reported by Gongwer News Service, came as a
GREENVILLE - The City of Greenville, the Greenville Public Schools and Energy Works Michigan welcomed Governor Jennifer Granholm to this western Michigan community Monday to view the city's ambitious $28 million GreenERville Project, to install made-in-Michigan solar panels on all municipal and school district facilities. Some $2.5 million has already been raised to pay for
MIDLAND - MidMichigan Innovation Center has added veteran alternative energy entrepreneur Rodney Boulanger of Midland to the Board of Directors. "With our new strategic, educational and networking programs such as the Speaker Series, and TED Talk Thursdays, and our just-announced statewide outreach program, the Regional Business Incubation Network, we have added new opportunities for entrepreneursm,"
ANN ARBOR - Logic Solution has hired three senior technical leads, a project manager, and a marketing intern in its U.S. offices. The October hires are on the heels of the addition of technical lead Daniel Schultz in July. The tech leads and intern are based in the Ann Arbor headquarters, and the project manager
LANSING - Immediate reaction to the one televised debate between the two candidates for governor coalesced around the idea that Democrat Virg Bernero did not get enough of a bounce to challenge the lead in the polls enjoyed by Republican Rick Snyder. However, one Democratic observer said the comments Bernero made about the company Snyder
LANSING - Election Day is getting closer, but Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero still can't seem to dent Republican Rick Snyder's huge lead in the polls. A couple weeks ago, a Bernero campaign internal poll purportedly showed the candidate within 12 points, cutting Snyder's lead in half. However, leaked internal polling should be taken with
ANN ARBOR ? Becton, Dickinson and Co., which purchased HandyLab last year for $275 million, will close the Ann Arbor company's office and consolidate the manufacture of HandyLab's rapid detection infection device in Maryland. The fate of the company's 50 Michigan employees remains unclear, but none will remain in Michigan, a company spokesperson said. The
LANSING ? Michigan took some $100 million more into its general fund coffers last fiscal year than expected, and Gov, Jennifer Granholm said Monday she would like to see at least some of that money go to tourism advertising. Granholm announced Monday that the general fund and the School Aid Fund each took in some