DEARBORN ? We've lost the entrepreneurial spirit in Michigan, warned David Egner, president and CEO of the Hudson Weber Foundation. But with a few policy changes, Michigan could lead the nation and the world out of the current economic malaise. Egner, speaking at the TiECon Midwest Conference, one of the state?s largest entrepreneurial gatherings, said
LANSING - In a history-making gain, Michigan Republicans have declared they have won enough seats to claim the majority in the House, deposing Democrats from their majority status. The final number is unclear at this point, but Republicans were indicating they would take at least 57 seats and as many as 61. This story was
LANSING - Saying "it wasn't our time," Democratic candidate Virg Bernero has conceded defeat in the race for governor to Republican Rick Snyder. Speaking to his supporters, Bernero said he had congratulated Snyder on his victory. With 82 percent of the precincts reporting, Snyder held a 58-39 margin over Bernero. Bernero said he would always
LANSING ? Michigan Republicans have won a smashing, historic victory in the Senate Tuesday night with Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop declaring his party had won 26 seats for a two-thirds supermajority. Patrick Colbeck has won a huge victory in the 7th District for the GOP to keep a seat and Rep. Dave Hildenbrand of
DETROIT - Michigan Governor-elect Rick Snyder Wednesday announced that former Michigan economic development director and current Business Leaders for Michigan President and CEO Doug Rothwell will chair his transition team and help the Governor-elect and his team get off to a fast start to reinvent Michigan. Former budget director and state treasurer Mark Murray, currently
LANSING - In accepting victory, Governor-elect Rick Snyder on Tuesday called for the state to end the Michigan Business Tax, but also to protect its natural resources and rebuild its central cities, especially Detroit. Could that put him into some conflict with a Republican Legislature elected by voters "taking a baseball bat to the establishment?"
SPRING LAKE - IT Resource, a West Michigan provider of IT solutions and Microsoft Gold Partner, will be hosting a presentation focusing on technology and business on Wednesday, November 10 from 7:30 to 9 am. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the productivity and financial impact that technology has on their business, how new
PORTAGE ? Manatron, which provides integrated property tax and records management software for state and local governments, announced Tuesday that the Palm Beach County, Florida Tax Collector Offices are now live on the Manatron Government Revenue Management Tax Collection system and e-Government web portal. The new, web-based Manatron GRM installation replaces the office?s decades-old legacy
LIVONIA - TRW Automotive Holdings announced that its self-adaptive seat belt load limiting technology, capable of automatically adapting to different body sizes of passengers, has been shortlisted as an Automotive News PACE Award finalist. The winners will be announced on April 11, 2011. The Automotive News PACE Awards honor superior innovation, technological advancement and business
ANN ARBOR - Mass Times has recently selected Online Tech as their managed data center partner. The Mass Times ministry, based in Boston, manages MassTimes.Org a multi-language website that provides locations and worship times for over 110,000 churches worldwide. Catholics that are outside of their diocesan boundaries are able to search for mass times and