Michigan Technology related politics
WASHINGTON DC - Who says Congress can’t work together? Well certainly so when it comes to email privacy. On Wednesday the House of Representatives voted 419-0 to approve the Email Privacy Act, an update to a 30-year old law privacy advocates say is long overdue. The bill essentially fills a loophole in the 1986
LANSING - The Michigan House on Wednesday approved its budget for state agencies with an additional $500,000 to address staffing shortfalls at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans and the possibility of slight funding increases if a solution is found on auto insurance credits taking up $80 million of the state's budget. HB 5294 passed
WASHINGTON DC - The FBI is maintaining its silence about a hack that gave it access to data on a terrorist's iPhone, although earlier reports claimed an Israeli company masterminded the exploit. As expected, the agency released a statement Wednesday, reported by CNET.Com, arguing that it doesn't know enough about the hacking method to submit
ANN ARBOR - Duo Security was awarded a $2.5 million grant Tuesday from the Michigan Strategic Fund, money that will be used to fund the cybersecurity company’s expansion and create up to 300 jobs over the next three years. Duo Security, with locations in Michigan, California, London, and Austin, plans to expand its existing operations
LANSING - A request for a proposal on construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor will be issued soon, attendees at a forum on the proposed bridge were told Wednesday, with the selection of the project winner expected perhaps a year after that. But with projected of construction of the bridge
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission on Thursday approved a settlement authorizing Consumers Energy Company to increase its natural gas rates by $40 million annually, though that is $20 million below what the utility self-implemented in January, the PSC said. A future reconciliation proceeding will determine the amount to be refunded to customers, plus
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality would be required to notify local users of a water system about a tier II violation within two business days - a change from the 30-day window currently required - under a bill taken up in the House Government Operations Committee on Thursday. Under HB 5120, sponsored
LANSING - The state's unemployment system, already under heavy scrutiny from a pair of lawsuits and the subject of legislation to make major changes, suffered another blow Thursday with an audit sharply critical of its much criticized automated fraud detection system. Several of those cited for fraudulently claiming unemployment benefits have said the Unemployment Insurance
LANSING - Just Minnesota and Wisconsin had lower unemployment rates than Michigan and New York among the Great Lakes states in March, figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show. The March numbers also show that 23 states had jobless rates higher than Michigan, including four in the Great Lakes region: Illinois, Ohio,
LANSING - The Pure Michigan advertising campaign in 2015 resulted in 4.6 million trips to Michigan generating some $1.4 billion spent by these out-of-state visitors, a report contends. The campaign also saw a strong return on investment of $7.67 in 2015 – up from $6.87 in 2014. Data from Smith Travel Research showed that hotel
