Michigan Technology related politics
PONTIAC - The Zika virus, which has potentially been linked to birth defects in infants in Central and South America, has not been found in Michigan, but Oakland County officials announced Friday that they were outlining plans to help prevent the disease. The plans, announced by County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, are designed to monitor
LANSING - There are several states yet to hold caucuses and primaries before Michigan's March 8 presidential primary that will help shape the Democratic contest between former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, but a new survey shows Clinton leading with 50 percent to 40 percent. Powering Clinton
LANSING - The estimated renewable energy percentage is expected to exceed the 10 percent requirement, a report released Friday by the Public Service Commission shows. The PSC's sixth annual report on the implementation of the state's renewable energy standard of 10 percent by 2015 showed already 9.1 percent of the state's electricity had been generated
LANSING - The Department of Talent and Economic Development, which includes the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Talent Investment Agency and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, would receive $1.1 billion in total ongoing funding under Governor Rick Snyder's budget proposal, which includes a $10 million increase to the Skilled Trades Training program. The budget proposal
LANSING - Replacing the aging optical scan machines acquired after the 2000 election fiasco in Florida brought Michigan's then-balkanized voting system under scrutiny and is now a priority for Governor Rick Snyder. Snyder, in his 2016-17 fiscal year budget recommendation, called for $10 million General Fund to go toward new equipment, to be matched with
LANSING - A 2.4 percent increase in funding for the Department of Technology, Management and Budget was recommended on Wednesday with $5 million going to cyber security improvements. Gov. Snyder said during his budget presentation that the state is facing "more and more attacks from the cyber world." In the DTMB budget recommendation, $5 million
WASHINGTON DC - President Obama wants the United States to spend $19 billion across a broad range of initiatives, all with the aim of making it harder for hackers to steal information from individuals, companies and government agencies - a whopping 35 percent increase over the previous year's budget. That money, for example, would promote
WASHINGTON DC - Michigan will need to invest $2.077 billion over the next 20 years to maintain and improve its various water treatment facilities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a report released Thursday. The Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2012 showed Michigan among the lowest need states, with costs of less than $500 per
LANSING - A bill introduced Wednesday by Rep. Aaron Miller would allow Tesla Motors to sell its electric vehicles in the state, although the car company doesn't use the standard dealership model. HB 5312 would strike the state's prohibition on direct sales from a manufacturer. The bill also provides a geographical protection so a Tesla
WASHINGTON DC - Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards and Flint resident LeeAnne Walters told a U.S. House committee Wednesday that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality engaged in a cover-up to prevent its failure to enforce drinking water laws in Flint from coming to light, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was complicit in that
