Politics

WASHINGTON DC - President Barack Obama wants Detroit's Big Three automakers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles getting ahead of future vehicle demand, rather than trying to catch up. "Detroit needs to be focused on capturing, you know, the lion's share of the market for fuel-efficient cars. And you know, they worked with us to double

ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Angel Fund closed its second fund (MAF II) with $2.05 million. MAF II will make its first investment this spring, and plans to invest money in eight to 10 total deals within the next two years. "There's no doubt that MAF plays an important role in our entrepreneurial economy. Angel

SOUTHFIELD - Students can register now for summer semester classes that begin May 13 at Lawrence Technological University. Day, evening, weekend and online options are available, including many fast-track certificate programs in growing tech career fields. Lawrence Tech has associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs that can lead to careers in areas such as robotics

WASHINGTON DC - Defense Secretary Ash Carter Thursday unveiled the Defense Department's second cyber strategy to guide the development of DoD's cyber forces and to strengthen its cyber defenses and its posture on cyber deterrence. Carter discussed the new strategy - an update to the original strategy released in 2011 - before an audience at

SOUTHFIELD - Every year, on the fourth Thursday of April, thousands of technology professionals take a break from connecting data to the cloud or learning the next hot programming language to mentor young girls. The local Cisco Southfield office partnered with Focus Hope, Cisco Networking Academy, to offer a day of education around information and

LANSING - The Michigan House Insurance Committee put its stamp on the fast-moving auto insurance legislation Thursday by approving a bill with a more specific fee schedule and a mandated $100 per vehicle rate rollback. SB 248 and SB 249 were sent to the full House 9-6 with all Democrats voting no following seven hours

LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed an executive order to locate the Governor's Talent Investment Board within the new Talent Investment Agency, rescinding a prior order that housed the board within the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Under EO 2015-11, the Talent Board will be charged with advising and assisting the governor regarding compliance

LANSING - Michigan House Democrats have introduced a package of bills designed to curb the budget problems spurred by the Michigan Economic Growth Authority credits issued toward the end of the previous decade. The bills (HB 4471 , HB 4472 , HB 4473 , HB 4474 and HB 4475 ) would end the secrecy behind

LANSING - As speculation about Governor Rick Snyder mounting a presidential bid continues to swirl, Snyder on Thursday will depart for Nevada to begin a three-day swing that includes two major events on the national political calendar. Snyder will first travel to Nevada, which is one of the first four states to hold a primary