LANSING - Nov. 15 is the deadline to apply for the 2018 Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards that will be awarded next May at a gala held at the Lansing Center. You may nominate a company for the following categories: Michigan 50 Companies To Watch Michigan 50 Alumni Awards Small Business Innovation Award. The 2018 Michigan Celebrates
WASHINGTON DC – Left out of the House Republican draft tax legislation last week was the Electric Drive Vehicle Credit and Michigan Senator Gary Peters wants to get it restored. On Thursday, Peters (D-MI) sent a letter to U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, urging the committee to preserve the
LANSING - LAFCU’s investment in Autobooks, a Detroit-based financial technology company, has paved the way for LAFCU members to be the first in mid-Michigan to benefit from innovative software that helps business owners manage funds. “Technology is accelerating efficiencies in the financial sector, and we want to be on the forefront of providing these efficiencies
DETROIT - On Nov. 15, Wayne State University will launch the Wayne Innovation Hub to coordinate and enhance its program for entrepreneurship education, technology commercialization, and community partnerships, and to enhance the university’s overall culture of innovation. The Wayne Innovation Hub is an element of the university’s five-year strategic plan, Distinctively Wayne State, which identified
ANN ARBOR - An $8 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation will expand opportunities for students and faculty from the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics in the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts to study fundamental questions in particle physics and the evolution of our universe. In recognition of the gift,
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Treasury is going paperless and launching an E-lien recording process option for the state’s 83 counties. Through a partnership with Simplifile, all Michigan counties will be able to electronically receive a majority of state tax lien filings, lien releases and reinstatements online. Treasury will begin submitting documents electronically in
ROYAL OAK - Airfoil’s Angela Leon will discuss all things consumer technology and Airfoil’s current Consumer Electronics Show campaign. Tonya Matthews, CEO of the Michigan Science Center, will talk about Wednesday Night Events, Ford Fun Free Day, World Science Day. Officials from the Great Lakes Health Connect will discuss a pilot project that closed the
LOS ANGELES - A new interactive website pulls together data from over 2,700 financial reports by counties, cities, townships, villages, commissions, and authorities across Michigan to give taxpayers a simple, clear way to find and compare the unfunded pension and health care liabilities owed by their local governments at all levels, including, villages, towns, cities,
GRAND RAPIDS – Behavoral health patients benefit from better care coordination when their health providers leverage a reversed shared care approach supported by Great Lakes Health Connect’s referrals application. Closing the gap in communication between behavioral health and primary care providers was the foundation of Lara Dengerink-VanTil’s doctoral dissertation as part of her Doctorate in
NORTHVILLE — Gentherm Inc., a developer of thermal management technologies for the automotive and other markets, announced it had acquired Etratech Enterprises Inc. of Burlington, Ontario, for $64 million in an all-cash transaction. Etratech designs, develops and produces electronic controls for the automotive, appliance, recreational vehicle, marine, medical, and other industries. “We believe that growing
