LANSING - An Ingham County woman has become Michigan's first resident with a confirmed case of the Zika virus, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday. The woman, who is not pregnant, contracted the virus while traveling in a country where Zika virus is being transmitted. She began experiencing the symptoms of the
ANN ARBOR - A new roadmap aims to reboot efforts to build Michigan’s life sciences industry and compete with similar clusters around the United States and the world. While the industry has come far in the last decade-plus and offers “strong assets,” it remains uncompetitive compared to other states and requires a renewed private- and public-sector
LANSING - The Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed and the Michigan House concurred in changes made to a bill that would extend the Health Insurance Claims Assessment through 2020 in a significant move to shore up the General Fund and especially Medicaid funding. The only change to HB 5105 was the date change of 2020
LANSING – The state’s Pure Michigan tourism website is getting an overhaul with help from a Florida-based Miles Media Group. Earlier this week, The Michigan Strategic Fund awarded a nearly $400,000 contract to rebuild Michigan.Org, the home of the prize winning Pure Michigan advertising campaign. Shall we call it Pure Florida, instead? Michigan Web Developers
LANSING - Gongwer News Service is once again making available a smartphone and tablet app that provides easy-to-use information and analysis of this year's elections, with new features, improved functionality and a lower price from the first edition that debuted in the 2014 election cycle. The app, which is available for iOS and Android devices,
BOULDER, Co. - FlexJobs reports that computer/information technology and healthcare are the top career fields for telecommuting job listings. 20 of the telecommuting-friendly companies are computer or information technology-related, while 18 telecommuting-friendly companies are in the healthcare industry. FlexJobs’ annual top 100 companies list is based on an analysis of over 40,000 companies and their
DETROIT - Attention Great Lakes innovators. Do you have the next great energy idea that will transform our cars, our homes and our communities? The deadline to apply is Sunday March 13. Apply to the Shell Great Lakes Innovation Competition for a chance to vie for $20,000 in grant support and the opportunity to spark
GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University will host its first Michigan state competition for Business Professionals of America Feb. 27 when students from nine middle school chapters will compete in more than 14 different events consisting of computer skills, business fundamentals, speeches and many team events. Davenport University BPA students and staff will assist with judging, grading
ANN ARBOR - If you are building mobile apps that needs to interact with a Backend service, you don't want to miss the talk Feb. 29 at Mobile Monday Ann Arbor. With the recent announcement of Parse winding down their backend services, the need for alternative backend services for mobile apps is greater than ever.
SOUTHFIELD - Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University several years ago, Kollecto.com founder, Tara Reed, had no plan to enter the technology field in 2012. But an exciting internship profoundly changed her life’s mission. Diva Tech Talk’s podcast with her examines that, and her current journey into tech entrepreneurship. “I fell into
