DETROIT - Behind in the polls, but not in passion, Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, said Sunday his Main Street message will resonate with Michigan voters despite what pundits may say. "You know, in the primary election the pollsters said we were down by 20 points and had no chance to win.
SOUTHFIELD - Tuition for a graduate certificate in defense manufacturing will be paid for up to 25 engineers living in Oakland County through a federal grant resulting from a partnership between Lawrence Technological University and Oakland County. Successful applicants who meet the funding criteria will have their tuition costs covered through a federal appropriation granted
LANSING - The enthusiasm of Republican voters about voting for gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder is so much stronger than Democratic enthusiasm is for Virg Bernero that a GOP wave could sweep the state up and down the ticket, even putting the Democratic majority in the House at risk, according to a poll commissioned by Gongwer
LANSING - Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder has a commanding 22-percentage point lead over Democratic candidate Virg Bernero and is even above the all-important 50 percent mark, according to a new poll. With Snyder enjoying a 51 percent to 29 percent lead, Bernero has an extremely tough task ahead, said Bernie Porn, president of EPIC/MRA,
SOUTHFIELD - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero has selected Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence as his choice for his running mate as lieutenant governor, multiple sources told Gongwer News Service. Bernero has scheduled a press conference for 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Cobo Center in Detroit at the opening of the Democratic Party's convention to make the
WASHINGTON DC - A malware-laden flash drive inserted in a laptop at a U.S. military base in the Middle East in 2008 led to the "most significant breach of" the nation's military computers ever, according to a new magazine article by a top defense official. The malware uploaded itself to the U.S. Central Command network
GRAND RAPIDS - Rep. Brian Calley has the smarts, hustle, personality and unselfishness needed in a lieutenant governor, and Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said Wednesday that's why he chose him as his running mate. The new Snyder/Calley ticket, expected to be formally certified Saturday once the state Republican convention officially nominates Calley, started its
LANSING - Michigan companies in Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Holland, Kalamazoo and Saline have been selected to receive a total of $530,000 in the latest round of funding under the state's Company Formation and Growth Fund, an initiative aimed at retaining Pfizer assets and talent for advancing life sciences technologies in Michigan. "Today's action is
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced Tuesday the award of federal stimulus funding to construct 1,270 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure in the Northern Lower and Upper Peninsulas of Michigan. The fiber, which enables access to high-performance broadband, will benefit rural and underserved communities across 29 Michigan counties, helping students with their school work and businesses
ANN ARBOR ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, a decade-long business-plan competition in Michigan, could get a big boost from the $1 million international business-plan competition announced Tuesday by the Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan. Winners of the GLEQ competition, in future years, will automatically become semi finalists for the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, said