MUSKEGON - The Muskegon County Wastewater Management Systems announced Tuesday that it is seeking proposals from utility-scale wind developers interested in developing a project on 11,000 acres of MCWMS property near Lake Michigan. Rodger Kershner and Jon Kreucher of Howard & Howard, who both specialize in the firm's energy and utilities practice, were selected by
ANN ARBOR - Satisfaction with e-Government web sites slipped slightly, but remains near the all time high set in the third quarter of 2010. The results were released by ForeSeeResults in its American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Government Satisfaction Index. Of the 30 quarters that ACSI has been measuring e-government, three of the top five scores
LANSING - Michigan was one of 15 states and the District of Columbia to see its unemployment rate drop in December, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. While Michigan has typically ranked first or second in national jobless reports for years, December's 11.7 percent unemployment rate placed the
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address to call on Congress to lower the corporate tax rate by closing industry-specific loopholes, find spending cuts across the government and invest more money in education, infrastructure and research. The president also called for a five-year freeze on nondefense discretionary spending. "We need
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Mozilla, acting on a U.S. Federal Trade Commission proposal, has offered a detailed mechanism by which Firefox and other Web browsers could prevent Web pages from tracking people's online behavior for advertising purposes. With Mozilla's do-not-track technology, network data packets from the browser would signal to a Web site that a person
LANSING - Legislative Democrats continued their message of working with Gov. Rick Snyder to improve the state's economic climate after his State of the State Address Wednesday, but are also pushing for more details as to his tax policy and budgetary plans. "In recent history, the opposing party used their response to criticize and undermine
LANSING - In his first State of the State Address that hammered home a commitment to actions that could help business, and with a headlining enthusiastic endorsement of the controversial Detroit River International Crossing, Gov. Rick Snyder called on all residents of the state to take an active role in helping rebuild Michigan. Snyder kept
LANSING ? Gov. Rick Snyder Friday announced he has appointed trustees to serve at Central Michigan University, Grand Valley State University and Northern Michigan University. ?These individuals have proven themselves among the very best in their fields, and I have every confidence they will provide the leadership these universities need as we work to structure
LANSING - Legislative Republicans reacted with enthusiasm to most of Snyder's proposals and even put a best face on what's their biggest defection with the governor to date: the Detroit River International Crossing. "We absolutely have our work cut out for us," House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall) said after the speech. Bolger said Republicans had
LANSING - Michigan Economic Development Corporation CEO Michael Finney Friday filled out his staff by hiring Amy Cell from Ann Arbor SPARK to lead his talent and entrepreneurial education efforts and Oakland County Deputy Executive Douglas Smith to coordinate his strategic partnerships. Cell, vice president of talent enhancement & entrepreneurial education for Ann Arbor SPARK,