GRAND RAPIDS - Governor Rick Snyder's sweeping proposals in how the state funds local government, and how local government must operate, avoid instantly overhauling cities, villages and townships, but sets the stage for major changes in the coming years. Snyder delivered a special message Monday to the Legislature outlining eight significant proposals in key laws
LANSING - With the proposed cap on credits available under the state's film incentive, the Film Office is looking for projects that do more for the state, under guidelines announced late Friday. Among other criteria, the office will be looking more favorably on projects that use facilities here in the state for filming and production
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan chapter of Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America will present its Take Steps Grand Rapids Walk fundraiser on May 7 at Grand Valley State University's Allendale campus. The event begins at 5 p.m. with registration/check-in, the walk starts at 6 p.m.. Take Steps Grand Rapids will feature a Kid?s Corral,
LANSING - The Pure Michigan Facebook fan page crossed the 200,000-fan mark, the first state tourism Facebook page to do so. Pure Michigan on Facebook is one of only four state tourism Facebook pages with more than 100,000 fans. Tourism is a major source of revenue for Michigan?s economy. Since its launch in 2006, the
ANN ARBOR - Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Tuesday announced it has agreed pay $35 million in fines and to reduce manufacturing and sales of several of its medical devices after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration discovered numerous violations at the company's Scio Township headquarters. The Japanese owned company signed a consent decree agreeing that it
DETROIT ? Eastern Market will serve up a gathering of entrepreneurs, corporate decision makers, tech professionals, students and more at the FutureMidwest conference April 28-29. The conference will feature keynotes by Josh Linkner, founder and chairman of Detroit-based e-Prize, one of the world?s most successful digital interactive promotions companies, and highlighting the April 28 evening
ANN ARBOR - Join a Web chat March 29 at noon with Rob Fowler, president and CEO of the Small Business Association of Michigan, and Jennifer Owens, vice president of business development at Ann Arbor SPARK. To take part in the web chat on Tuesday, go to FreePopinion.Com a>>
TROY - Walsh College and Wayne County Community College District will host "I.T. PAY$," a free Information Technology Career Exploration Night, on March 31 from 6-8 p.m. at the WCCCD Eastern Campus. National employment for computer network, systems, and database administrators is expected to grow by 30 percent through 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau
SAN FRANCISCO - Information about RSA's SecurID authentication tokens used by millions of people, including government and bank employees, was stolen during an "extremely sophisticated cyberattack," putting customers relying on them to secure their networks at risk, the company said. "Recently, our security systems identified an extremely sophisticated cyberattack in progress being mounted against RSA,"
WASHINGTON DC - Rustock, purveyor of more e-mail spam than any other network in the world, was brought down by Microsoft and US Marshals. A lawsuit by Microsoft that was unsealed at the company's request triggered several coordinated raids last Wednesday that took down Rustock, a botnet that infected millions of computers with malicious code