LANSING ? Michigan is on its way to spending $25 million a year on the popular "Pure Michigan" advertising campaign after a bill using 21st Century Jobs Fund money passed a House committee unanimously on Tuesday. Clean Water Action reacted to the vote by saying lawmakers should be just as dedicated financially to cleaning up
AUBURN HILLS ? In a Southeast Michigan economy still struggling to dig itself out of a prolonged recession, Plex Systems remains an exception. The manufacturing ERP software maker posted a 27 percent revenue growth in 2010 over 2009, President and CEO Mark Symonds predicts another 25 percent revenue increase this year. While the privately held
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. - Becton, Dickinson and Company, which paid $275 million to buy Ann Arbor's HandyLab in November 2009, on Monday said it would buy another Ann Arbor company, Accuri Cytometers. Terms were not announced other than it will be an all cash deal. The fate of Accuri?s 85 employees remains unknown. The company
GRAND RAPIDS - Technologist Keith Brophy will provide his annual forecast of what technologies will change our lives on Feb. 16 at the Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids. The event is again sponsored by aimWest. This year?s Tech Trends event will feature an American Idol-style panel of judges, who will rate Brophy?s technology predictions and
LANSING - Public employees in the state are generally paid about market wages, but most state employees are below those market rates, according to a study released Thursday by Citizens for Accountability and Reform and the union-backed Economic Policy Institute. The study, done on the heels of a report from Governor Rick Snyder on Monday
LANSING - There are more video service choices in the state, but fewer people choosing them, while there are more companies taking advantage or electric choice, according to reports issued this week by the Public Service Commission. In video, the number of choices was up, but the number of subscribers was down, the annual report
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder set the stage for a dramatic restructuring of state government Monday with the unveiling of his administration's report on state finances, revealing the state is mired in short-term borrowing to cover cash shortages and that private sector employees have sacrificed far beyond their public sector counterparts. "Today is a great
LANSING ? Gov. Rick Snyder's agreement with the federal government to tie Canadian money offered for the Detroit River International Crossing to the state's federal matching rate for transportation infrastructure projects is a good deal, road interests say, but does nothing to improve the existing system. "We're encouraged there's a recognition that infrastructure has to
LANSING - A decade ago, most of Michigan's public retirement systems were in splendid shape, but 10 years of economic battering, especially by the stock market, has left the state with an unfunded liability of $15.4 billion, a report by the Senate Fiscal Agency said. The report also said measures undertaken in 2010 to have
LANSING ? Gov. Rick Snyder's mark of $25 million to fund "Pure Michigan" advertisements was well received during a House committee hearing Tuesday on legislation that would allocate more money from the 21st Century Jobs Fund to pay for the popular campaign. Last year, the Legislature appropriated $10 million from the jobs fund for the