LANSING - Pure Michigan and Founders Brewing Co. have teamed up to give fans and craft beer enthusiasts a chance to pick a Founders beer style that best represents Pure Michigan. The beer chosen by fans will be featured in the Founders tap room in downtown Grand Rapids throughout July as part of Michigan Craft
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan has taken over the lead on discussions on technology in the classroom, and this time at the behest of Governor Rick Snyder. Flanagan announced his new role Wednesday at a Michigan School Business Officials conference in Grand Rapids. "The governor still is very interested in
LANSING ? Data center Liquid Web is giving its followers access to its most recently constructed Data Center with a Google Street View tour of the web host posted Tuesday. The company has also hidden clues around the Data Center that will allow users to interact in a weeklong scavenger hunt - featuring monetary prizes
GRAND RAPIDS ? Forbes Magazine has ranked Grand Rapids as a top 10 city for find employment, citing the metropolitan area's 6.6 percent unemployment rate in February. Forbes cited the top industries hiring as Healthcare, Financial Services, Skilled Labor, Education, IT, and Engineering. The job skills most in demand are Information Specialists, Manufacturing, Administrative, and
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder put a major emphasis Thursday on how much hospitals, physicians and other health care providers charge for care in unveiling his plan to overhaul how the state regulates medical coverage for those catastrophically injured in automobile accidents. One of the key components of the legislation, expected to be introduced next
WASHINGTON DC - The US House of Representatives Thursday passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protect Act, which President Barack Obama has threatened to veto should it be paased by the Senate. But should CISPA earn the president?s autograph, private businesses will be encouraged to voluntarily share cyberthreat information with the US government. The
SAN FRANCISCO - Internet users are seeing less spam but more targeted attacks, according to a report from security software company Symantec. Looking at last year's security landscape, Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report 2013 found that traditional spam accounted for 69 percent of all e-mail in 2012, down from 75 percent in 2011. Yet, 30
LANSING ? The Michigan Public Service Commission on Tuesday approved an expanded gas main replacement program and pipeline integrity program, as well as the recovery of the costs of those programs and the ongoing meter move out program for DTE Gas Company, formerly known as Michigan Consolidated Gas Company. As a result, a residential customer
LANSING - Tourist spending in Michigan increased about 6 percent in 2012 and should see a similar increase of 5.5 percent in 2013, an annual report by Michigan State University released on Tuesday has found. The report is more good news for the state's tourism industry coming a day after a Pure Michigan campaign report
LANSING ? The Michigan Business Development and Community Revitalization program is providing more than $2 million in tax incentives to four Michigan companies that will invest $44.7 million and create up to 223 jobs. ?These four companies are demonstrating that Michigan can compete with any state in the country as a great place to grow