LANSING - The federal government has awarded Michigan a $30.7 million grant to help set up the health insurance exchange through a state-federal partnership. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the grant Thursday as part of $1.5 billion awarded to 11 states to assist with setting up the exchanges that are part
LANSING - A major effort to win Republican control of Michigan's Legislature, along with similar efforts in other states, helped ensure the U.S. House stayed in Republican control in the 2012 election because of redistricting changes enacted in the states, so said a report that was released earlier this month by the national Republican State
LANSING - Acting the day after his State of the State address, Governor Rick Snyder on Thursday signed Executive Order 2013-1, creating a new Department of Insurance and Financial Services. The order establishes that the new department will have authority over all insurance and banking issues in the state. In announcing the order, Snyder confirmed
DETROIT ? A new report shows Michigan's University Research Corridor member schools worked on more than 1,400 auto-related research projects over the past five years, with a total expenditure at the schools of more than $300 million. The reports also said URC schools - Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University
ANN ARBOR - The Frankel Commercialization Fund has invested $80,000 in Fusion Coolant Systems, a developer of an advanced coolant and lubrication system that makes manufacturing more efficient. The Frankel Fund's investment was part of a $600,000 series A round that also included the Amherst Fund, Spark's Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund and previous investors. Part
STAMFORD - Worldwide mobile advertising revenue is forecast to reach $11.4 billion in 2013, up from $9.6 billion in 2012, according to Gartner Inc. Worldwide revenue will reach $24.5 billion in 2016 with mobile advertising revenue creating new opportunities for app developers, ad networks, mobile platform providers, specialty agencies and even communications service providers in
MOSCOW - Kaspersky has turned up a cyber-espoinage operation its dubbed "Red October," and it's up there in the big leagues. But unlike its cohorts, it doesn't look state-sponsored. This is a freelance job, and it's professional grade. While Red October has only recently been discovered, it's been working behind the scenes for a long
LIVONIA - The Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship is the place where Great Lakes region entrepreneurs gather to connect, be inspired and be seen. This year it is scheduled for Jan. 31 at Burton Manor in Livonia. At ACE'13, you'll join an exciting, forward-thinking community of innovators, entrepreneurs and business leaders - people like you -
LANSING - Voting will be more convenient, but more secure under changes proposed Wednesday in Governor Rick Snyder's State of the State Address, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson said afterward. A particular focus for Johnson was the expansion of no-reason absentee voting. Under the plan, voters could go in person to their local clerk's office
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder announced eight expansions of government to only two limitations, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy said in its annual analysis of his State of the State Address. The worst offense the group found was the $1.2 billion he proposed in new transportation funding. "The governor and legislators rightly recognize that