LANSING - Wednesday was the day for groups to get their comments into House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Twp.) regarding his proposal to pool all public employees under one insurance plan, and the leader said he would use the input into crafting his final proposal in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, some groups submitting comments continued
LANSING - Michigan may have the nation's highest unemployment rate and has been mired in a recession for eight years, but at least it isn't Nevada, or Florida, or Oregon. Those three states ranked one, two and three in terms of total economic stress by the Kaiser Family Foundation statehealthfacts.org, while Michigan was ranked 10th
DETROIT - Organizers of the 2009 Selfridge Air Show & Open House are using social media tools to help spread the word about the Air Show and, by extension, to take the Air Force message out into the community. For the past couple of weeks, Air Show staff have been adding daily comments on the
TROY - The Michigan Homeland Security Consortium views the new "Red Flag" legislation and the national rise in identity theft as a critical risk and opportunity for business. Therefore, as part of a statewide initiative to help Michigan businesses prepare for these complex and unique challenges, experts from Identity Theft Loss Prevention, LLC will address
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Mozilla has released the first alpha version of Firefox 3.6, a browser with speed improvements and new features the organization hopes to finalize faster than its predecessor. "Unlike the year that passed between Firefox 3 and Firefox 3.5, we expect that this 3.6 release will be released in a small number
ASHBURN, Va. - Federal agencies now have more tools from Verizon Business to manage network access, protect critical assets, help prevent insider security threats, and help the agencies comply with federal security regulations. Verizon Business announced Aug. 10 that it is offering Symark PowerSeries security access-management software and applications, integrating those security capabilities for UNIX/Linux
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan scientists and engineers have been awarded 159 federal stimulus-package research grants to date, totaling $61.1 million, including 113 National Institutes of Health stimulus awards, more than any other U.S. university or college. Stimulus funds from the NIH, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy will support a
CHICAGO - Michigan's power needs can be delivered by a combination of wind power, biomass, and other sources of renewable energy coupled with aggressive energy efficiency programs, according to a new energy report from the Natural Resources Defense Council. The report comes as the Michigan Public Service Commission is set to make recommendations to the
SAN JOSE, Ca. - Phishing attacks rose 52 percent in July while spam as a percentage of all e-mail stayed about the same compared with the previous month, according to the latest reports from Symantec that tracked spam and phishing activity for the month. With some fluctuations, spam averaged around 89 percent of all e-mail
SOUTHFIELD - TiE Detroit is hosting a panel discussion on Aug. 20 that will examine four critical questions that underlie an actionable growth strategy. Those questions include: How do we identify, build and defend differentiation that's meaningful to customers? How do we fix or get rid of disequities that customers do not value or not