STAMFORD - Connecticut officials are considering equipping drones with "deadly" weapons for use by local police, the Associated Press has reported. North Dakota is presently the only state in which police can weaponize drones, but they are restricted to non-fatal equipment like stun guns, according to the AP. "Obviously this is for very limited circumstances,"
CLINTON TOWNSHIP - Business owners in this community of some 100,000 people will be required by Oct. 1 to install and pay for security cameras and surveillance systems after a new ordinance hits the books on April 1. Surveillance cameras will soon be mandatory at party stores that sell liquor, hotels, banks, pharmacies, gas stations
LANSING - Michael Rogers, communications officer for the Small Business Association of Michigan, chats with tech expert and small business owner Tony Merlo about five key technologies to implement in your small business, and how to improve your business online messaging. To listen to the SBAM podcast, click on https://www.sbam.org/Resources/tabid/97/ArtMID/2980/ArticleID/2776/Five-key-technologies-to-implement-in-your-small-business.aspx
LANSING - Telecommuting offers numerous positives for both employers and employees. A few of those benefits include increasing employee productivity due to fewer distractions, improving employee satisfaction and retention rates, saving employee commuting costs, and offering employees more flexibility with their schedule. According to Global Workplace Analytics, a San Diego-based consulting firm that specializes in
WASHINGTON DC - Your internet service provider can sell your browsing history to the highest bidder - the new reality after the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to kill the Federal Communications Commission rules that would have stopped ISPs from selling your data to the highest bidder. Later that night, Google searches in
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Co. says it will invest $1.2 billion at three Michigan plants, among other things, financing the return of the Ford Ranger mid-sized pickup and the Bronco midsized SUV. The largest part of the investment, $850 million, will take place at the home of assembly of those two models, the Michigan Assembly
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund has approved three grants to create a new business incubator in Flint and build new manufacturing plants in the Grand Rapids area and Port Huron. The MSF will provide a $286,000 performance-based grant to Siliconature Corp., and a $496,000 performance-based grant to HP Pelzer Automotive Systems Inc. Funds are
LANSING - Michigan High school students would have some additional ways to meet the state's high school standards with a focus on career technical education under a package of bills passed by the Michigan House Thursday. Under the bills, HB 4315 and HB 4316, the Michigan Merit Curriculum requirements for arts, foreign language, health education
LANSING - Proposed funding for the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs will jump in the 2017-18 budget, but still be a bit smaller than Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposal following action by a House Appropriations subcommittee. The LARA subcommittee reported HB 4239 to the full House Appropriations Committee unanimously but at $1 million less than
LANSING - Michigan’s 15 universities would see a 1.9 percent increase under the House version of the higher education budget reported Thursday, $9 million less than Gov. Rick Snyder recommended. The budget, HB 4229, was reported 5-0 with Rep. Yousef Rabhi (D-Ann Arbor) abstaining. The House Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee budget concurred with Mr. Snyder
