LANSING - At first glance, the race for Michigan's Supreme Court seems to be the bargain basement of the luxurious spending on campaigns in the state this year, but the Michigan Campaign Finance Network said Monday the campaign may be one of the most expensive and secret in the nation. While the six major candidates
LANSING - Everyone knew this year's array of big-ticket ballot proposals would mean a record amount of spending on ballot questions, but the reports filed Friday showing at least $134 million in funds raised by the major committees supporting and opposing the six proposals was still a jaw-dropping figure. That figure, compiled by Gongwer News
TROY ? Cloud ERP provider Plex Systems has been on a tremendous growth curve for the past few years outgrowing its two buildings in Auburn Hills. On Oct. 24, Plex dedicated its new corporate headquarters in Troy, where execs occupy the 14th floor of 900 Tower Drive. On hand were hundreds of customers, dignataries and
LANSNG ? The Department of Technology, Management and Budget's search for the state of Michigan Christmas tree has ended with the selection of a 75-foot Consolor Fir from Jackson ? the largest tree in the history of state Christmas trees in Michigan. The tree will be harvested at no cost to the owners on November
WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. economy remains on a treadmill in the third quarter, rising 2 percent from the 1.3 percent in the second quarter. Inventories did decline, which means businesses are selling and have less goods sitting unsold in warehouses. Friday?s third quarter data still has to be revised, but has beat market estimates. At
DETROIT ? The Moroun family, in a bid to use the Michigan Constitution to stop a second bridge across the Detroit River that would threaten their monopoly with the Ambassador Bridge, has now committed an astounding $29 million of their fortune to the effort, campaign finance reports filed Friday show. The People Should Decide, the
LANSING - The state's credit rating did not see an uptick as it could have because of the number of ballot proposals, State Budget Director John Nixon said on Thursday, and particularly because of the proposal to require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature or affirmative statewide vote to increase taxes. "When the governor and
LANSING ? The Michigan Energy Office issued seven Requests for Proposals and a Request for Interest to solicit project applications that will develop innovative clean energy technologies and assist Michigan businesses, schools and communities in reducing their energy consumption. ?It is crucial that we work to ensure our commercial and public buildings are as energy
DETROIT - Learn how business leaders are getting involved as advisors and investors on Nov. 14 at a breakfast hosted by Inforum. Hear pitches from two of Michigan's most promising new women-led businesses. Get straight talk on the possible downside of start-up ventures - and the surprising rewards of guiding innovative ideas to market. At
ANN ARBOR ? The deadline to enter the fall Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan contest has been moved to Oct. 29 to accommodate student teams. ?The AMIC student teams weren't informed whether they were finalists by our original deadline of October 15, so we extended our deadline to give them (and others) a chance to