LANSING - Residents in Michigan lost private coverage insurance coverage faster on average than did residents in the other states, a study conducted by the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation released Monday said. The study looked at changes in health insurance from 2003-04 to 2007-08 and found that with the ongoing economic difficulties, the
KALAMAZOO - Exploring the feasibility of establishing a higher education center as part of the Arcadia Commons West initiative is under way, according to a statement of intent issued Friday by the presidents of Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo College and Kalamazoo Valley Community College. President Marilyn Schlack of KVCC, President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran of Kalamazoo College,
TROY - Automation Alley is currently accepting applications for an upcoming trade mission to Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. The mission is scheduled for September 27 ? October 1. Targeted industries on the mission include aerospace; automotive components; building products; cleantech and renewable energy technologies; defense and homeland security; general industrial equipment; IT and information
LANSING - Majority Senate Republicans are offering a proposed compromise that would resolve the current year 2009-10 budget deficit as well as the budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year that begins October 1 using a variety of measures to lessen cuts that previously passed the Senate for 2010-11. The proposal, provided to Gongwer News Service,
LANSING - A House Democratic proposal to sell part of the state's future tobacco settlement revenues to reap immediate funds that could close the current year budget deficit of about $300 million in the general fund was rejected Thursday by Senate Republicans. Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) said the concept is fiscally irresponsible. "Probably
LANSING - There were again fewer telephone lines in Michigan and competitors to the incumbent phone companies controlled a larger percentage of those lines, according to the annual competition report from the Public Service Commission. The 10th annual report showed there were 3.9 million telephone lines in the state in 2009, down from 4.19 million
LANSING - Rep. Robert Dean's chief of staff has resigned after a newspaper exposed Noah Seifullah gloating about making a profit off the state through a film credit deal for a studio near Grand Rapids. The Grand Rapids Press reported on Seifullah's comments, which were made at a conference in Chicago, in which he said
LANSING - Securitizing the state's tobacco settlement money for a third time was an option proposed during a Wednesday legislative Quadrant meeting on how to solve the current year deficit in the general fund, Gongwer News Service learned. A House source, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed securitization of the state's remaining tobacco settlement money
SAN FRANCSICO - A hacker in a group that discovered the AT&T iPad-related flaw was arrested following the execution of an FBI search warrant of his home in Arkansas on Tuesday, authorities told CNET. Andrew Auernheimer, 24, was being held in Washington County Detention Center in Fayetteville, Ark., according to Lt. Anthony Foster of the
LANSING - It is turning into an "upward climb" to get the Legislature to move on a proposal to encourage state workers to retire, Gov. Jennifer Granholm told reporters Tuesday, but winning approval of that proposal is preferable to cutting funding to schools. Granholm rejected allegations from some Democratic House members that the proposal, which