LANSING - Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville on Monday stood by his decision to be the lead sponsor on a bill that would render moot a ballot proposal raising the minimum wage, saying doing so was within the realm of responsibility for legislators. "My concern was that you had a lot of out-of-state money backing
LANSING - The Michigan Senate is likely to refer a package of House bills on road funding to the Senate Infrastructure Modernization Committee that Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville created more than a year ago, he told Gongwer News Service on Monday. "They'll take it up and have hearings about (the package)," Richardville (R-Monroe) said.
WASHINGTON DC - Most states are in relatively stable fiscal situations, and that includes Michigan, a report released by the National Conference of State Legislatures has found. The latest report on states fiscal conditions shows that 36 states expect to meet their revenue projections, including Michigan (although it may fall a touch short of its
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University has been named the national organizer for the United States for the World Robot Olympiad Association, the organizer of a global LEGO robotics competition that draws participants from around the world. The USA national finals are scheduled to be held at LTU on Sept. 27. The Olympiad started in Singapore
SOUTHFIELD - Over Seventy teams from 10 states and eight other countries will compete in the 15th annual Robofest World Championships on May 17 at the Don Ridler Field House, Lawrence Technological University. Admission and parking are free. Robofest is a competition of autonomous robots ? computer-programmed to act independently and not remote-controlled ? that
LANSING - Bills designed to raise $450 million annually for the state?s crumbling roads and bridges cleared the House floor Thursday. Early last month House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall) announced a plan that would raise $500 million annually by 2018 without raising taxes. While short of the $1.2 to $2 billion Governor Rick Snyder and
SANTA CLARA, CA ? As the Women in Technology International Group prepares for its 25th anniversary in June, the group announced the 2014 Women in Technology Hall of Fame Honorees. The awards were created in 1996 to recognize, honor, and promote the outstanding contributions women make to the technical community. The recipients will be acknowledged
SAN FRANCISCO - Fast Company and Mercedes-Benz are offering a custom Mercedes van worth $50,000 to the start-up that wins the Drive Your Business Forward Contest. The deadline to enter is May 31. Any small business?including startups, nonprofit organizations, and creative companies?can enter by submitting a 60-second video about their company and how they would
HOUGHTON - Nucor Corp. has awarded Michigan Technological University $255,000 to create the Nucor Industrial Control and Automation Laboratory at the Upper Peninsula university. The lab will be a joint effort of the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the School of Technology and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering.
LANSING - Last decade, Michigan ranked in the bottom ten states for its entrepreneurial environment ? in the latest Michigan Entrepreneurship Score Card ? released May 5 by MIQuest ? shows Michigan is a top ten state for growing start-ups. ?The Score Card rankings mirror what many of us have been seeing in the entrepreneurial