LANSING - Construction of high-speed Detroit-Lansing and Detroit-Ann Arbor rail lines, using hydrogen batteries in conjunction with a technology used on only a few rail systems around the world, will be studied by a bipartisan task force announced on Monday. The proposed $2.3 billion elevated rail line would not use government funding for its construction,
DETROIT - If you're a Wayne State University student and you have an idea for a new business you only have until close of business on March 18 to appy for the E2Challenge grant program that will pay the winning team up to $45,000 this summer to help fund salaries and patent application costs. To
DETROIT - Wayne State University TechTown First Friday program on April 3 will feature an update by Toby Dahm of Hennessey Capital on the options start up businesses have for financing, including the asset based (as in accounts receivables) financing provided by his company. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
LANSING - Already this year there have been a number of calls for Michigan to revamp its overall tax system, but major proposals to change the tax system are thus far lacking. There is one significant proposal, though, that has started working its way through legislators and interest groups: scrap the already hated Michigan Business
NEW YORK - Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, a new website called IrishCentral was launched, which provides news, info and a sense of community for people of Irish heritage around the world. It has received an undisclosed amount of funding from an interesting group of investors, including Don Keough, chairman of Allen &
LANSING - A 12-bill package dubbed by proponents as the "Hire Michigan First" plan because it targets economic development incentives to businesses hiring Michigan residents was passed by a mostly bipartisan House on Thursday. However, main objections to the bills by Republicans remained, namely that the bills don't require state construction done by unionized workers
LANSING - With the recent changes in electric regulation that included requirements for renewable power and energy efficiency and with Gov. Jennifer Granholm's recent directive that all options be explored before issuing permits for new coal-fired generation, Michigan is poised to attract renewable power production facilities that will export that equipment at least regionally, Energy,
TROY - Automation Alley announced Friday that the technology networking group has been awarded more than $2 million in federal funds - a portion of which will be used to study how to expand Automation Alley headquarters by 4000 square feet. Automation Alley also received funds to develop more handicapped-friendly buses with Altair Engineering and
LANSING - Michigan's sagging revenues will mean more budget cuts this year, even though the state will be using some federal stimulus funds to soften the blow of the extended recession, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday. "We've got a drop in revenues that is breathtaking," Granholm said of revenues that were down in February by
LANSING - When the House Appropriations Community Health Subcommittee was first briefed on the governor's budget in February, officials from the department said a crisis for local public health operations was emerging. On Friday, the panel was told now is the time for the state to invest in public health services, including family planning. Cathy