LANSING - Local exchange carriers could charge long distance providers for the use of their networks on intrastate long distance calls no more than what the federal government allows carriers to charge on interstate long-distance calls under a bill unanimously passed Wednesday by the Michigan Senate. Companies with more than 250,000 customers already are limited
LANSING - A jobs development proposal outlined by President Barack Obama could help the state propose a budget that does not need layoffs of police officers, firefighters and teachers, Gov, Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday. Speaking to reporters at a press conference on energy manufacturing grants Granholm did not offer details of how her budget for
LANSING - Five small manufacturing companies will split $15.5 million in federal stimulus awards to help them develop green energy systems and parts manufacturing, Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Wednesday. The companies will make everything from tanks, to auto parts to boats, to manufacturing solar shingles, to wind turbines and windmills. The governor's office contends the
DETROIT - A leading researcher and director of the University of Michigan's A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute says the university now can accept private donations of unused human embryos for creating new stem cell lines. Dr. Eva Feldman spoke to the Detroit Economic Club Tuesday at the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. Feldman is principal
LANSING - A Michigan House committee largely dropped the idea of starting school before Labor Day, bowing to the tourism industry's concerns, as it approved more key bills Tuesday that are part of the state's effort to compete for $400 million in federal "Race to the Top" funding. The House Education Committee also reported legislation
LANSING - The Michigan Legislature moved Tuesday toward a ban on sending or reading a text message while driving as the full House and Senate Transportation Committee approved legislation to make the practice a traffic violation. Supporters of the bill said action is long overdue in Michigan to combat what they called a dangerously distracting
TROY - Senior Automation Alley Director Thomas Anderson recently provided testimony before the U.S. Financial Services Committee at the Improving Responsible Lending to Small Businesses hearing on December 1 at Lawrence Technological University. Anderson was invited to testify by Congressman Gary Peters and provided comments on the critical issue of credit gap funding currently facing
WASHINGTON DC - In order to communicate messages to workers in a complex business environment, a majority of companies plan to increase their use of social media in the coming year, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt, a leading global consulting firm. Almost two-thirds (65 percent) of companies plan to increase their use of
GRAND RAPIDS - On Tuesday, Van Andel Institute cut the ribbon on its eight-story, $178 million, 240,000 square foot Phase II expansion, increasing the number of laboratories from the current 18 to more than 50, and providing the capacity for another 550 high paying white collar jobs. The expanded facility creates economic and scientific opportunity
HOLLAND - Twice as many education and health care employers are planning to increase their information technology staff during the next six months as did during the last six months, reports a new survey by Paragon Recruiting. Manufacturing companies are least likely to be adding IT workers. Overall the hiring trends for the next half