GRAND RAPIDS ? A $10,000 crowdfunding campaign has been launched to support The Urban Institute For Contemporary Arts campaign to support a series of two to three public murals in downtown Grand Rapids. If UICA reaches its goal by March 18, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. will provide a $10,000 matching grant. The crowdfunding platform
LANSING - A revised estimate of what the Michigan Economic Growth Authority tax credits will cost the state shows an increase of nearly $3 billion to $9.38 billion through 2031, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation said Wednesday. During a House Tax Policy Committee meeting, MEDC CEO Steve Arwood said the increase in projected liabilities comes
LANSING - In the registration period to sign up for health insurance under the federal exchange that ended Sunday, more than 340,000 Michigan residents enrolled or re-enrolled for coverage, according to figures released by the federal Department of Health and Human Services. The total who automatically re-enrolled or signed up for the first time was
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network, in partnership with ChoiceTel/ChoiceCyber, is bringing the OneStone Information Assurance Portal to Michigan for Merit's Members. Developed by Seccuris, a Canadian-based company, OneStone is a managed security service that provides reliable 24x7 threat monitoring, vulnerability management, business risk assessments, asset classification and tracking, and comprehensive reporting. Merit's agreement with Seccuris
DETROIT - The New International Trade Crossing between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is now all but a done deal after an agreement Wednesday that would have Canada financing most of the customs plaza in exchange for toll revenue. The $2.1 billion new bridge would be built by an international public-private partnership with most of the
LANSING - We Energies has asked the Midcontinent Independent System Operator to stop System Support Resource payments for the continued operation of the Presque Isle Power Plant in the Upper Peninsula, a move applauded by Governor Rick Snyder for saving customers potentially millions in charges. "We Energies and Cliffs are to be commended for reaching
LIVONIA - In just a few days, Michigan State University?s 26th class of the Michigan Political Leadership Program Fellows will be celebrating graduation at a dinner featuring two best-selling authors who?ve advised two U.S. presidents. They?ll be gathering, officially as a class one more time, for a special ceremony at MPLP?s 20th annual dinner Feb.
LANSING - A bill that would require a wireless phone company to provide location information from a person's wireless device to a police officer upon request in certain emergency situations was unanimously approved Tuesday by the Michigan House Criminal Justice Committee. HB 4006 also provides civil and criminal immunity to a wireless carrier that responds
NEW YORK ? The University of Michigan was ranked in a new survey as the No. 1 Public Ivy college ? a term coined by Richard Moll, an admission officer for Yale University, who believed that several public institutions were delivering an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price. Moll wrote a book
WASHINGTON DC - The US National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers and former operatives. That long-sought and closely