Michigan Technology related politics
LANSING - In 2015, just 5 percent of Michigan residents reported not having health insurance, research from the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation found. The findings, in a survey conducted from October to December 2015, showed a dramatic decline from the high of 14 percent of the population without coverage in 2012. The findings
LANSING - With a final decision expected next week, Attorney General Bill Schuette joined the array of Michigan public officials opposing plans to allow Waukesha, Wisconsin, to use water from Lake Michigan. Schuette co-signed a letter Wednesday with U.S. Rep. Candice Miller (R-Harrison Township), who had earlier co-signed a similar letter with U.S. Rep. Debbie
LANSING - The standards for pipelines would not change substantially, but those facilities would see inspectors more often, Michigan Public Service Commission member Norm Saari told Gongwer News Service. The Protecting Our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act is headed to President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign it. Supporters have said the
LANSING - March saw the steepest decline in automotive manufacturing wages since 2009, the Senate Fiscal Agency said in its Economic Indicators report issued Monday. The report showed wages for auto workers dropped more than 20 percent in March, close to the wage drop seen in January 2009. But unlike that drop at the beginning
LANSING - Consumers Energy will fully comply with the Public Service Commission's order on Thursday that it pay a fine of more than $518,000 in relation to its billing practices of providing customers will estimates for some 16 months. "We recognize that our performance on this issue does not reflect our standards of customer service,
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday assessed a fine of $518,800 on Consumers Energy Company for violating rules related to its estimated billing practices. The PSC, on January 19, opened an investigation into the utility's estimated billing practices after hearing complaints from customers for "years," it said in a statement on the matter
WASHINGTON DC - Everything you view on the Internet, from websites to how long your browsed a particular page, could be viewed by the FBI without the need for a warrant in terrorism and spy cases, if this legislation is enacted this week in the U.S. Senate. At stake is access to your personal "electronic
LANSING - In an effort to assist veteran businesses competing for government contracts, the Department of Technology, Management and Budget will now accept the National Veterans Business Development Council certification when determining eligibility for the state’s service-disabled veteran-owned business pricing preference. The option to submit an NVBDC certificate to qualify for the pricing preference can
LANSING – Michigan’s University Research Corridor added $958 million in economic activity to the city of Detroit in 2015, or the equivalent of $1,400 per Detroit resident, along with hundreds of programs that improve lives and advance neighborhoods, contends a new report. Beyond jobs and economic investments, “Engaging Detroit: URC’s Contributions to Resurgence in the
LANSING - Two bills making major changes to Michigan’s utility and electric energy system, but still maintaining some provisions from the 2008 energy legislation especially with small generators of alternative energy, were reported to the full Senate this afternoon by the Senate Energy and Technology Committee. The bills are the latest substitutes to SB 437
