LANSING - The Michigan House Appropriations Environmental Quality Subcommittee agreed with most of the fee changes Governor Rick Snyder had proposed, but reduced some of the funding available to the Air Quality Program. The key change to the air program, reducing the fee to $51.15 per ton to generate $1.2 million in new funds and
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund did not have sufficient internal control in place to ensure it properly recorded and reported its financial activity in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, an audit by the Office of the Auditor General released Thursday concluded. As a result, the MSF could not ensure the accuracy of accounting
LANSING - The Michigan higher education budget approved Thursday by a House subcommittee would decrease Governor Rick Snyder's recommendation for the universities by $14.7 million and increase the cap on how much universities can raise tuition. Rep. Michael McCready (R-Bloomfield Hills), chair of the House Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee, said he would prefer a budget
LANSING ? Visitor spending in Michigan hit $22.8 billion last year, and the state?s Pure Michigan tourism campaign generated $6.87 for each dollar spent on Pure Michigan advertising in 2014, according to two reports released this week at the Pure Michigan Governor?s Conference on Tourism in Grand Rapids. ?Michigan?s tourism industry is a strong pillar
DETROIT - Digital Diva, Amanda Lewan, attends SXSW to capture exciting interviews with Women in Technology. This podcast features three short diverse discussions with women focused on: Large Scale 3D Printing, The ?Internet of Everything? Bra & ?Detected the Movie?, and even the new .CLUB domain name extension. To listen click on DigitalDivas3.Com
ANN ARBOR - Jim Adox, Chairman of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, and Managing Director of Venture Investors LLC, said phasing out the Venture Michigan Fund ? as proposed by the Michigan House Commerce and Trade Committee this week - would have a tremendous negative impact on the state?s efforts to make Michigan more entrepreneur
SOUTHFIELD - The Engineering Society works to be "all things engineering" for the Detroit area and the state of Michigan - preserving Michigan's status as the No. 1 state for engineers in the nation. Today?s ESD offers continuing education, leadership development and networking opportunities to today?s working engineers in all fields ? civil, environmental, mechanical,
ANN ARBOR - Bank of Ann Arbor has promoted Satish Jasti to Senior Vice President and Senior Loan Officer. Satish joined BOAA in December 2010 as Vice President and Senior Loan Officer of the Plymouth office. As part of an expanding commercial banking group in the Plymouth office, he has been instrumental in helping grow
ANN ARBOR ? If you needed more proof that Ann Arbor has become the hotbed for technology development in Michigan, you just need to read the latest findings from University of Michigan economists as part of their 30th annual economic outlook for Washtenaw County. In the latest U-M survey, nearly 17 percent of all job
ANN ARBOR - For the second consecutive year, Merit Network has been selected by Mile2 as the North American Authorized Training Center of the year. Merit was chosen from more than 100 Mile2 Authorized Training Center locations around the world. One ATC from each of five global regions was chosen to receive this annual award.