Michigan Technology related politics
LANSING - Michigan will begin automatic voter registration, with online voter registration commencing following the November 2019 elections. Michigan will become the 18th state in the country to do so. The District of Columbia also has automatic voter registration. "Making voter registration automatic for eligible citizens means more Michigan residents will have access to participating
LANSING - Draft rules for state drinking water standards are expected to be filed ahead of the October 1 timeline to keep on track with having rules put into effect as early as April 2020, members of the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team were told Friday. The draft rules will be submitted in the coming
DETROIT - The North American International Cyber Summit 2019 hosted by the state of Michigan, is once again set to take place in the heart of downtown Detroit at TCF Center (formerly Cobo Center) on October 28. As in previous year’s this event will bring together experts from across the globe to address a variety
LANSING - The state of Michigan was recognized as a top five state for creating and delivering citizen-centric services across digital platforms by the Center for Digital Government in their annual rankings announced last week. Michigan placed fourth in the nation for overall government experience, making it the third straight year the state has finished in the top five. The awards recognize achievements and best practices of government entities who
LANSING - Legislation that would go beyond blocking the emergency rules released this week banning flavored e-cigarette vapors to prohibiting the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services from ever implementing rules banning the manufacture, sale or use of the products was introduced in the House, with the sponsor saying the ban would lead to
LANSING - Republican legislative leaders are moving ahead with plans to finalize the details of all remaining budgets Thursday and then vote the following week to send all budget bills to Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer with the question of whether she will sign them, veto them or sign them with line-item vetoes very much unknown. Tuesday
LANSING - Gov. Whitmer has appointed a new Michigan Strategic Fund Board of Directors after eliminating the previous one and replacing it with one she created in the executive order she issued setting up the new Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity. Whitmer also named Jeff Mason of Bath, the president and CEO of the
LANSING - A stakeholder group pushing for providing all Michigan students with the best education possible announced its first set of priorities Friday, with a funding formula weighted toward equity and various programs needing more funding as well as improving literacy rates being among the top targeted areas. Launch Michigan officials in a release said
LANSING - Republican legislative leaders submitted a menu of additional road-funding options to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, some she'd seen before like bonding against the teacher retirement system. Some she had not. However, the Governor took a public jab at a key tenant to the Republicans' plan, which is to replace the sales tax on gasoline
LANSING - Michigan's two- to four-lane roadways in rural areas were generally in good condition as of 2016, according to a study released that week that showed a stark differential between those roads and ones in urban areas of the state. The Reason Foundation study found about 0.85 percent of roads classified as rural other principal arterials
