LANSING - Opponents of the ballot proposal to increase the state's renewable energy standard to 25 percent by 2025 are solidly outspending supporters, campaign finance reports filed Friday show. Clean Affordable Renewable Energy raised $16.8 million for the period, spending about $15.43 million with a balance at about $1.65 million headed into November. Aside from
LANSING - A path to 56 seats for Michigan House Democrats exists, but increasingly difficult to envision transpiring with less than two weeks to go until Election Day. However, Democrats are increasingly confident that if a Democrat is not the speaker's chair next session, neither will House Speaker Jase Bolger as they work hard and
SAN FRANCISCO - The South Carolina Department of Revenue acknowledged a massive electronic security breach, saying an electronic intrusion led to 3.6 million Social Security numbers being stolen. The state's population is approximately 4.7 million. "We are taking immediate steps to protect the taxpayers of South Carolina, including providing one year of credit monitoring and
SAN FRANCISCO - The South Carolina Department of Revenue acknowledged a massive electronic security breach, saying an electronic intrusion led to 3.6 million Social Security numbers being stolen. The state's population is approximately 4.7 million. "We are taking immediate steps to protect the taxpayers of South Carolina, including providing one year of credit monitoring and
DETROIT ? The Moroun family, in a bid to use the Michigan Constitution to stop a second bridge across the Detroit River that would threaten their monopoly with the Ambassador Bridge, has now committed an astounding $29 million of their fortune to the effort, campaign finance reports filed Friday show. The People Should Decide, the
DETROIT - The SBA Michigan District Office announced it made 2,075 loans for a total of $944 million were made in fiscal 2012. Although the total number of loans decreased from fiscal 2011, the dollar value increased by $10 million, setting a record in Michigan. The Michigan District Office guaranteed 1,742 loans under its flagship
TROY - Billhighway, a cloud-based accounting solutions for nonprofit organizations, has added a new client, Detroit-based Belle Isle Conservancy. The Conservancy is using the Billhighway Prepaid Card as an alternative to writing checks for the organization?s expenses. The Conservancy can configure the Billhighway prepaid card to their specific standards, integrate with current accounts, and gain
ANN ARBOR ? The deadline to enter the fall Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan contest has been moved to Oct. 29 to accommodate student teams. ?The AMIC student teams weren't informed whether they were finalists by our original deadline of October 15, so we extended our deadline to give them (and others) a chance to
DETROIT - Learn how business leaders are getting involved as advisors and investors on Nov. 14 at a breakfast hosted by Inforum. Hear pitches from two of Michigan's most promising new women-led businesses. Get straight talk on the possible downside of start-up ventures - and the surprising rewards of guiding innovative ideas to market. At
LANSING ? The Michigan Energy Office issued seven Requests for Proposals and a Request for Interest to solicit project applications that will develop innovative clean energy technologies and assist Michigan businesses, schools and communities in reducing their energy consumption. ?It is crucial that we work to ensure our commercial and public buildings are as energy