DETROIT - Michigan Chief Information Officer Ken Theis said the state government is transforming itself through the use of technology that not only includes business Internet access, but also personal Internet access now in development. a>>
LANSING - A state economy that continues to mire in gloom has created a gloomy public as well, with a record number of people responding to a survey saying they were worse off now than they were a year before. The latest iteration of the State of the State Survey, conducted by the Institute for
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delayed Chrysler LLC's sale to Fiat SpA at the request of several Indiana pension funds and some consumer groups opposed to the transaction. Ahead of the decision, Chrysler and the federal government warned such an intervention might lead to the liquidation of the auto maker, The Wall
DETROIT - The Butzel Long Immigration Group is hosting a seminar June 19 that will focus on compliance and business immigration issues in challenging economic times and the impact of layoffs, terminations, material changes in terms of employment, and company restructuring. The program is the 16th in a series of major immigration programs sponsored by
LANSING - A Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency analysis of the health care insurance package introduced by Senate Republicans has been distributed by businesses worried the package could boost overall state taxes by as much $600 million to $700 million. The analysis comes out as the Senate Health Policy Committee is planning to begin hearings on
DETROIT - For the first time in the awards history, OnStar President Chet Huber and Ford SYNC Chief Architect Joseph Berry shared the Telematics Leadership Award announced this week during the Telematics Detroit 2009 Conference & Exhibition at the Rock Financial Showcase. Ford also won two other Telematics Update Awards: Car Manufacturer Innovation Award, and
HOLLAND - By December, 26 percent of the companies in West Michigan will hire additional information technology staff, lead by computer consulting companies, the fall/winter Paragon Recruiting Employment Survey, another signal that the Michigan economy is on its way back up. Some twice as many computer consulting companies (70 percent) will be hiring in the
WASHINGTON - U.S. job losses softened markedly last month, sending one of the strongest signals yet that the severe recession may be winding down. Still, another jump in the unemployment rate to a fresh 25-year high served as a sober reminder that even if the economy does stabilize in coming weeks, a rapid return to
LANSING - The Wind Energy Resource Board has named four regions, all in the Lower Peninsula, which will be most likely to provide both the wind and the land for utility-scale wind farms. The board is now seeking comment from those communities on both its findings and on the potential effect of new transmission capacity
LANSING - While the proposal to increase the state's fuel taxes and registration fees would raise a substantial amount of money, the hit to individual motorists' pocketbooks would be small, Transportation Director Kirk Steudle told a joint meeting of the House and Senate Transportation committees. Given the current range of vehicle mileage and commuting distances,