LANSING - University funding may have been spared the axe in Gov. Jennifer Granholm's 2010-11 proposed budget, but student financial aid was not, and that caused several members of the House Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee to worry about the ability of the state to pull itself out of its economic malaise. One subcommittee member, Rep.
ANN ARBOR ? The supporters of GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder who voted on his web site for the "Grindstone" advertisement will reap their reward Wednesday. That's when the ad is scheduled to begin airing statewide and run for more than a week, said Snyder campaign spokesperson Jake Suski. Snyder launched a contest on his
DETROIT - A collaboration between Wayne State University and Focus: HOPE has more than tripled both the number of African-American undergraduates enrolled in computer science courses and the number of African-American declared computer science majors at WSU since 2004. The Information Management and Systems Engineering program, which began in 2005, addresses the severe under-representation of
LANSING - Despite hopes that the national economy is beginning to turn around, states anticipate total budget gaps of nearly $54 billion that will have to be closed in the 2010-11 fiscal year, according to a survey released by the National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers. That will come after
DETROIT ? FusionGamez, a tenant at Wayne State University's TechTown, is developing a new twist for online video games ? they'll pay you to play. This new wrinkle in gaming was developed by Kwabena Johnson, who developed his business skills as a SmartStart client. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
WASHINGTON DC - Trying to revive languishing health-care legislation, the White House proposed Monday that a tax on high-end health plans be delayed for all workers, not just those in unions, and suggested new taxes to help make up for the lost revenue. President Barack Obama will carry the proposal, an attempt to bridge differences
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan cannot repair itself from its new ranking as a poor state without more students attending and graduating college, the president of Grand Valley State University told the Senate Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee on Friday, but it cannot do that if the state continues to impose a tax on students and their
LANSING - Agriculture has been hit by the state's economic struggles, but that means falling to only single-digit growth instead of the double digits it had seen in some recent years, Agriculture Director Don Koivisto told Gongwer News Service in a recent interview. The state's farmers and food processors are poised for more growth as
GRAND RAPIDS - Technologist Keith Brophy, a vice president at RCM Technologies Enterprise Integration Division, once again looked into his crystal ball to make his annual predictions of what tech trends will likely prevail in the years to come ? the eleventh straight year he has provided his "geeky" outlook. Before a packed house on
LANSING - Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said Friday that he did not remember whether the Gateway Board of Directors, while he was a member, voted on the company's decision to outsource a portion of its U.S. operations to China. Snyder, Gateway's former CEO, said on Michigan Public Television's "Off the Record" that the company