LANSING - With the U.S. Supreme Court holding that state commissions, created by voter initiatives, can constitutionally draw the district lines for Congressional members, the question now comes down to whether such an effort will be attempted in Michigan. There has been, especially since the 2012 redistricting plan was adopted, much discussion among Democrats and
LANSING - A Michigan Senate Republican plan to increase funding for roads by more than $1 billion will likely see a committee vote Tuesday and a full Senate vote Wednesday, sources said. The road funding plan Senate Republicans are expected to move would increase the gasoline tax by 5 cents per gallon a year for
LANSING - A bill phasing out Michigan's film incentive program is officially on Governor Rick Snyder's desk awaiting his action. HB 4122 was presented to Snyder on Monday. A spokesperson said last week he is reviewing the bill. The bill has been controversial this term, with the House pushing to end the film incentives in
DETROIT - Nearly 300 members and supporters of The Engineering Society of Detroit gathered Wednesday night at the Detroit Institute of Arts for the ESD's 2015 Annual Dinner, a celebration of the art of engineering. ESD is a uniquely cross-disciplinary membership organization for engineers and people in related scientific and technical fields. Besides all forms
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan said Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act does nothing to address the number one problem facing small businesses and their employees. "Health care, and therefore health insurance, is simply too expensive for all of us and many people are priced out
BINGHAM FARMS - Mobile application developer jācapps has announced a new initiative - App Everywhere. The program works on a growing array of new devices - including Apple Watch, Google Chromecast, smart TVs, and in-car dashboards to provide radio brands with the ability to connect with listeners wherever they are and whenever they want. "We
GRAND RAPIDS - The Apple Watch - for some it's a crucial wardrobe necessity; for others, they might be ambivalent or even apathetic about it. Whatever side of the fence you are on, join host Melissa Birnie as she talks with Leo Dion of Bright Digit who posed the question. What does the Apple Watch
HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University's Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics is one of five mechanical engineering departments nationwide selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to participate in a new diversity training program. The others are Purdue, Oregon State, Texas Tech and the University of Oklahoma. The NSF program is called Transforming Engineering Culture to
ANN ARBOR - Over the next few weeks, MITechNews.Com will be publishing excerpts from cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon's latest book, called There Will Be Cyberwar. The book makes the case that the US military rushed to "network everything" and, like most organizations, neglected to secure its most critical systems, opening the door to a
WASHINGTON DC - A CIA-backed startup has discovered login credentials and passwords for 47 US government agencies littered across the Internet - leaving federal agencies potentially at risk of cyberattack. Recorded Future, a Boston-based data mining firm backed by the CIA's venture capital arm, said in a research report that credentials belonging to 47 US