LANSING - Rep. Robert Kosowski on Wednesday told the Michigan House Regulatory Reform Committee one way to get more funding for the state's roads and bridges is to legalize sports gambling and simulcasting horse races at casinos in the state. HB 4469 and HB 4470 would allow casinos to accept wagers on sporting events, remove the current prohibition on
LANSING - Wednesday was meant to be a cooling off day following Tuesday's impasse on talks to generate $1.2 billion in new funds for roads, but instead the disputes continued. Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof (R-West Olive) said he was surprised at remarks by House Minority Leader Tim Greimel (D-Auburn Hills) on road funding talks and how a proposal
LANSING - The state has reached tentative agreements with its bargaining units on new contracts for state employees. Two unions - the Michigan Corrections Organization and the Michigan State Employees Association - confirmed Wednesday the major aspects of the tentative deals between the state and their unions: a one-year contract for wages and health care
HOUGHTON - The Huskies are off and racing. Students of Michigan Technological University officially launched the MTU Student Chapter of The Engineering Society of Detroit Wednesday in a luncheon with ESD officials. Attending were Wayne D. Pennington, Dean of the MTU College of Engineering, ESD Executive Director Robert Magee, ESD Director of Membership Heather Lilley,
EAST LANSING - Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but they are also used for industrial purposes and will be "grown" in a laboratory housed at Michigan State University’s College of Engineering, thanks to a $5 million investment by MSU and corporate partner Fraunhofer USA. The facility – to be known as the MSU-Fraunhofer
HOUGHTON — The National Science Foundation is sponsoring a workshop at Michigan Technological University on Oct. 16 and 17, to explore some of the most compelling issues of our time centering on the basics of life: food, energy, water and climate. What’s best for the environment — and for sustaining life on our changing planet
SOUTHFIELD — On Oct. 20, local and national panelists from the Federal Reserve, Wayne State University College of Engineering, Innovation Accelerator Foundation and more will explore how leading edge technologies, such as 3D printing and connected and automated products, will transform Michigan’s world of work and business. The Workforce Intelligence Network will also unveil a
EAST LANSING - A new $1 million relationship between Michigan State University and ExxonMobil will expand research designed to progress the fundamental science required to advance algae-based fuels. David Kramer, MSU’s John Hannah Distinguished Professor in Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics at the MSU-DOE Plant and Research Laboratory, says the overall goal of the partnership is to
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FERNDALE – On the road with co-host Matt Roush on the ESD Fall Tech Tour. Attorney Enrico Schaefer talks Drone Law. Automation Alley Executive Director Ken Rogers talks about nearly two decades of technology networking in Oakland County and beyond. Andrew Basile Jr., a veteran of Silicon Valley attorney now living in Troy, will outline
