LANSING ? Michigan legislation to allow foreign residents living legally, but temporarily, in the United States to get a driver's license was signed into law on Friday by Governor Jennifer Granholm. An official with the Department of State said that by the middle of next week the state should be able to take applications for
WASHINGTON DC - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday signaled further rate cuts may be in the offing because the economy continues to be buffeted by slow growth in housing, employment and credit markets. But he appeared more upbeat on the economy's prospects for later this year and next when the combination of fiscal
LANSING - Charging that rules denying driver's licenses to temporary legal residents of Michigan are unconstitutional as well as a misinterpretation of law, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Terri Land in Ingham Circuit Court on Wednesday seeking an injunction against the rules implemented last month that barred temporary
DETROIT - Finding experienced IT professionals tops the list of staffing concerns for technology executives, a new survey shows. Nearly one in four (24 percent) chief information officers (CIOs) polled said finding skilled information technology (IT) professionals is their greatest staffing challenge. Providing employees with adequate skills training ranked a close second, cited by 23
WASHINGTON DC - Comcast, AT&T, and other network operators would be expected to refrain from "unreasonable discriminatory favoritism" of content on their networks under a revised Net neutrality proposal introduced Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives. But this time around, the new bill sponsored by Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of a House Internet
WASHINGTON DC - The Senate Wednesday approved a measure to expand domestic spy powers and grant legal protections to companies that aided the government's domestic surveillance ? a priority for the Bush Administration. The 68-29 vote sets up a standoff between the House of Representatives and the Senate, with both chambers facing the expiration of
CHICAGO - Joel Maguire, General Motors' global innovation manager for hybrid systems, says the automaker achieved a balance with GMC Denali XT concept - a flex-fuel powered, two Mode hybrid based on GM's Zeta rear wheel drive platform that was developed at the company's Holden division in Australia. The Zeta platform is already used in
NEW YORK - After Acura displayed its new i-DTEC 2.2L four-cylinder diesel engine at the Detroit Auto Show and announced it would debut in a US market Acura model in 2009, speculation immediately began about which model would be selected. The speculation is over with Honda's announcement it will tap the TSX as its first
DETROIT - In part two of the Hydrogen Forecast's discussion with Larry Burns, the GM technology guru turns to the automaker's competitors and the race to bring fuel cell vehicles into the mainstream market. In the arena of fuel cell development, companies such as Honda, Daimler, Ford - and of course GM - have been
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm presented the broad brush strokes of her proposed budget during her State of the State address in January. Last week, she provided the fine print for the Michigan legislature. BL Government Affairs? Brendan Ringlever takes a close look at her legislative priorities in this special edition of News Maker Interview.