LANSING - The state should be helping small farmers with safety certification and financing and encouraging development of more farmers' markets, the Food Policy Council said in its final report approved this month. The goal of the council's recommendations is to ensure access to healthy food across the state, and particularly to locally-grown foods, the
LANSING - The state employer and state employee unions will be asking an impasse panel to help resolve the next round of contracts, but state officials were still hopeful that the contracts could be resolved before the panel actually hears arguments. Both sides had to indicate by Monday that there were unresolved issues to take
NOVI - Just as a fire department might recruit volunteer fire fighters to train and prepare for an emergency, the State of Michigan announced that it would be creating a Cyber Civilian Militia. During the sold out 2013 Michigan Cyber Summit, themed around the growing risk of cyber attacks, Gov. Rick Snyder made the formal
LANSING - Persons seeking unemployment benefits would be rejected if a prospective employer withdrew a job offer because they failed a drug test required as a condition of employment, or refused to take the test, under a bill signed Tuesday by Governor Rick Snyder. HB 4952 (PA 146, immediate effect) drew criticism from some Democrats
GRAND RAPIDS - Internet advertising agency Adtegrity.com reported a 110 percent increase in third quarter net income on a 7 percent increase in revenue. Adtegrity's unaudited results included net income of $419,215 for the 2013 third quarter on revenues of $5.03 million, compared with net income of $198,692 on revenues of $4.7 million for the
Prologue- 1 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2013, Los Gatos, California. From a few hundred feet away the intersection looked completely clear. In fact, there was no other traffic visible in any direction, which was no surprise for the late hour. It was tough for the driver to steer, what with seven partiers crammed into a
TRAVERSE CITY - Thomas C. Kinnear, the founding Executive Director of the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan, has been added to the Tellurex Corp. Board of Directors. "We are excited to welcome Tom to our board" said Tellurex Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Clyde McKenzie. "He was an early
WHITMORE LAKE ? Thermoplastics compounder has formed a strategic alliance with Eco Bio Plastics Midland to use EBPM's patent-protected technology that incorporates ground paper as a reinforcement in plastics. This results in an environmentally friendly bio-plastic that reduces the use of fossil-based materials and carbon dioxide emissions. It also helps reduce component part weight, while
DETROIT - Industrial Production for September increased by 0.6 percent as utility production rebounded, Comerica Bank reported Monday, the strongest increase since February. The Pending Home Sales index for September declined by 5.6 percent, the fourth consecutive drop. The Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey improved in October as production increased. Industrial production for September increased by
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan will present a free webinar Wed. Nov. 6 noon ? 1 p.m. that explains what small business owners need to know about the provisions of the Affordable Care Act now and through 2014. The webinar will be conducted by SBAM?s Senior Vice President Scott Lyon, one of