LANSING - John E. Nixon has been named Public Official of the Year by Governing magazine, citing his key role in Michigan?s turnaround. Nixon serves as both the State Budget Director and Director of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget. The award is given for outstanding individual accomplishment in government. Nixon will be honored
DETROIT ? You have until Sunday Oct. 21 to contribute to the Groupon Grassroots campaign organized by Wayne State University's TechTown to raise funds for the winner of the incubator's Startup Soup pitch competition for social entrepreneurs Nov. 9 at Gleaners Community Food Bank in Detroit. Using Groupon Grassroots collective action model, Groupon subscribers can
DETROIT - In the first poll to be conducted since Tuesday's presidential debate, President Barack Obama's lead has grown over his Republican rival Mitt Romney. In an automated poll of 800 voters, Obama led Romney 52 percent to 46 percent. The poll was conducted by the Lansing firm of EPIC/MRA for the Detroit Free Press
LANSING - The November ballot proposal to increase the state's renewable energy standard to 25 percent by 2025 is heating up again after the Anderson Economic Group released a study showing the proposal would result in up to 1,700 fewer jobs every year for 30 years. But a company involved in the wind energy industry
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute, Saint Mary's Health Care and Mercy Health Partners have signed agreements paving the way for the expansion of a world-class biorepository that will store tissue and biospeciments, along with health data donated by patients. The new biorepository will work closely with the Van Andel Institute Program for Biospecimen Science,
LANSING - Michigan would pay nothing under the terms of the Crossing Agreement with Canada to build the new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan House Fiscal Agency. Other analyses of the proposal have been done, but usually they have been funded by organizations with a vested interested
DETROIT - It will obtain speeds of 45 mph on both land and water, and transition between the two mediums in five seconds or less. What is it? Billed as the world's first high-speed sports amphibian, the Gibs Quadski, will go on sale next month for about $40,000 and be built at a 54,000 square
ANN ARBOR - Seven Michigan companies have received a combined total of more than $232,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, bringing the total amount loaned through the Fund to more than $2.8 million. ?This latest round of Michigan Microloan Fund Program investments support an impressive range of innovations from around the state,? said Skip
ANN ARBOR - Internet2 plans to enhance research and collaboration over a three-year period between U.S. and Chinese researchers, scientists, educators and higher education leaders. The announcement was made at the Chinese-American Networking Symposium in Seattle. The project, ?Framework Program for U.S.-China Collaboration in Scientific Research and Education,? will establish working groups to address global
MOUNTAIN VIEW - A hacker named Pinkie Pie won $60,000 for exploiting a security hole in Chrome in the Internet search giant's Pwnium 2 competition. In an effort to shore up its browser's defenses, Google holds the competition to challenge hackers to hack their way through Chrome's security to find previously unknown holes. Tuesday's Pwnium