LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder announced Monday his plan to increase recycling in the state and named the Recycling Council that will oversee implementation of that plan. The goal of the plan is to help communities in setting up curbside recycling while also creating new markets for the recycled materials. "Michigan has a strong tradition
LANSING - Michigan's labor force participation rate - a statistic considered important to show how many people are working or looking for work - of 60.2 percent is relatively unchanged from a year ago and is the lowest rate of the Great Lakes states, according to an economic report from the state. The state with
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan industrial economy experienced slow but accelerated growth, the highest reported by the survey since last summer. The survey results are based on data collected during the last two weeks of March on behalf of the Institute for Supply Management Greater Grand Rapids Inc. The survey?s index of business improvement,
LANSING - Broadband adoption in Michigan is now above the national average, with nearly eight of ten households subscribing to high-speed internet access, up from two-thirds in 2010. The news comes from the broadband advocacy organization Connect Michigan. According to the Pew Research Center, the national broadband adoption rate in 2013 was 70 percent, which
GRAND RAPIDS - Thirty teams and over sixty students competed for The MWest Challenge earning a total of $45,000 in prizes. First Place Venture: $15,000 Fluitions Innovations Andrew Van Dyke Briauna Taylor Brittany Taylor Katherine Christopher Leah Bauer Second Place Venture: $10,000 Soletics Lindsay Noonan Vanessa Gore Third Place Venture: $4,000 OneBowl Justin Herd Social
GRAND RAPIDS - IRS certified tax preparers and accounting students from Aquinas College, Davenport University and Cornerstone University will be joined by community volunteers to provide free tax preparation for people with incomes under $57,000 on April 12, 14 and 15. Every year, millions of dollars in tax refunds and credits go unclaimed by those
LANSING - The Lansing Economic Area Partnership has issued a second round RFP to award existing business incubators up to $10,000 each to continue and expand their work. Proposals are due by May 1. LEAP said the most successful applicants will agree to a memorandum of understanding with LEAP to agree to adopt best practices
SOUTHFIELD - The Engineering Society of Detroit has named Matt Roush, former technology editor of WWJ Newsradio 950, as its new Director of Communications and Public Relations. Roush, 57, is a veteran science and technology journalist who has worked in Michigan his entire 35-year career. At ESD, Roush will support the organization?s mission to provide
MENLO PARK, Calif. ? Although mobile media has become an increasingly important channel for information sharing, roughly one in four companies (28 percent) surveyed by Robert Half Technology has no mobile technology strategy. These organizations have a little catching up to do: In the same survey, 70 percent of firms said they have implemented some
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University reported it has topped the $100 million mark in its capital campaign, and now construction is scheduled to begin in the fall on the first phase of the 125,000 square foot Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math-focused A. Alfred Taubman Engineering, Life Sciences and Architecture Complex. This complex will feature the