LANSING - U.S. Rep. John Conyers is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to deny permits for the controversial commercial hazardous waste injection well in Romulus that he once supported, Gongwer News Service has learned. The move comes as Conyers (D-Detroit) considers whether to run in a new congressional district that includes Romulus, where opposition to
HOLLYWOOD - A splinter group of hacker collective Anonymous is turning attention away from corporations and governments and toward Hollywood stars. According to multiple reports, the Hollywood Leaks team has announced its intent to target celebrities in film, TV, and music--evidently, folks like Miley Cyrus, Tom Cruise, and rapper Kreayshawn have already been hit, CNET
GRAND RAPIDS ? Cyber Styletto, the cyber crime novella co-authored by MITechNews.Com Editor and Publisher Mike Brennan, is now available as an eBook on the Barnes and Noble web site. The book will be available on Amazon.Com by the end of September. ?We?re so excited that the novella is now picking up traction and beginning
LANSING - The average annual tuition for Michigan's 15 public universities was $9,661 for 2009-10, but the average student paid only half of that, the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan, said in report released Tuesday. While the state has been cutting its spending on both university operations and on financial aid, the institutions have
LANSING - Gains made in Michigan during the first three months of 2011 were wiped out by weak auto production and sales in the second quarter of the year, much of that due to the earthquake in Japan, Comerica Bank's economic activity index for June finds. The index, released Tuesday, came in at 86 in
LANSING ? The National Council of State Tourism Directors has named Michigan's George Zimmermann the State Tourism Director of the Year for 2011. ?During his tenure at the MEDC, George has led the team that created the award-winning Pure Michigan brand, taking the campaign to a national audience since 2009,? said Michael Finney, President and
LANSING - A program that will make $130 million available in "mezzanine financing" to small businesses in Michigan was promoted Monday by U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow at a meeting of small business executives in Lansing. Stabenow praised the program, InvestMichigan, for not focusing on one particular industry sector. The InvestMichigan program, which consists of funding
LANSING - Democrats say they will push to keep tax incentives for the advanced battery industry that Republicans voted to phase out over the next four years. In a series of news conferences around the state Monday, legislative Democrats said they plan to introduce legislation continuing the incentives that has proven to create local jobs
LANSING - Details of Governor Rick Snyder's first trade mission are starting to be released as the governor will be the first Michigan chief executive to visit China since former Governor John Engler. Former Governor Jennifer Granholm made several trade trips to Japan and South Korea, but never to China. That drew criticism from some
LANSING - An environmental group is targeting U.S. Rep. Justin Amash and U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers for their stances on changes to the federal Clean Air Act with billboards and radio ads that launched Monday. The Environmental Defense Action Fund is running the campaign in six states against eight members of Congress including Amash (R-Kentwood)