LANSING - While criticism has rained down on Gov. Jennifer Granholm's proposed 2010-11 budget, and its call to expand sales taxes to services, she questioned on Thursday whether legislators could come up with the votes needed for a cuts-only budget. But in talking to reporters after an event at the Capitol, Granholm still said there
ANSING - Community college officials said Thursday they understand that the state has no additional money for them, but they said they should be allowed to manage those cuts or freezes and not be told by the state what to cut. College officials took aim at the Senate Republican plan to cut all public employee
EAST LANSING - After two years of economic woes, Michigan citizens appear to be seeing new glimmers of hope in Michigan State University's latest State of the State Survey. "The situation is still grim, but there are hopeful signs," said MSU Economist Charles Ballard, who directs the quarterly telephone survey. A total of 991 interviews
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Research Institute researchers have found a way to reverse resistance to sunitinib, a treatment that is currently the first line of defense against clear cell renal cell carcinoma, a deadly form of kidney cancer. Most patients who show a positive response to sunitinib develop a resistance to the drug after
BATTLE CREEK - A Japanese company will generate more than 50 direct factory jobs in the Battle Creek area under a stimulus bill battery grant wrapped up Tuesday. Toda America Inc. will invest about $70 million in the plant, which is planned for startup operations in February 2011 and full production by 2013. It will
MIDLAND - The BlueWater Angels Tuesday announced its first investment for 2010 - $250,000 in an award winning green tech startup called Advanced Battery Concepts. Advanced Battery is a tenant at the MidMichigan Innovation Center in Midland and has developed technology called Green Seal that it says will revolutionize the lead-acid battery industry. There will
ANN ARBOR ? The Women of Color Task Force is hosting its 28th Annual Career Conference on March 5 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Early registration ends on Feb. 19. The event is open to all U-M personnel and the general public. This event will feature 46 professional and personal workshops on
KALAMAZOO - The Biosciences Research and Commercialization Center has completed a $250,000 investment in life sciences startup RealBio Technology Inc. RealBio, based in Kalamazoo, recently established operations in the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center. The company is commercializing leading edge cell and tissue culture technology that facilitates the growth, expansion, differentiation and collection of human and
ANN ARBOR - Three Michigan companies recently received a combined total of $95,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program. Buycentives, CIMple Integrations, and Local Orbit received the funding to support commercialization of their core products. Ann Arbor-based Buycentives helps manufacturers deliver customized sales incentives to online car shoppers during the shopping process. Via information provided
PLYMOUTH - A number of recent studies now confirm that high-intensity discharge headlamps offer significant safety advantages over halogen headlights, according to Hella, a leading supplier of automotive lighting and electronics. Steffen Pietzonka, vice president of Marketing for Hella's Lighting business unit, said that HID headlamps offer several significant safety advantages. First of all, HID