LANSING - Sen. John Proos late Wednesday called on Attorney General Bill Schuette to open an investigation into the gas price jump that has hit Proos' region of southwest Michigan in the past several days. According to a statement by Proos (R-St. Joseph), a British Petroleum (BP) oil refinery in Indiana has reportedly experienced a
LANSING - Enbridge Energy Partners LP will sponsor Michigan Technological University's Great Lakes Research Center to provide real-time environmental monitoring of the water conditions in the Straits of Mackinac, the company announced Wednesday, as well as the Center's efforts to integrate another monitoring buoy in the Upper Great lakes Observing System. The new buoy will
LANSING - Addressing poverty and increasing funding for at-risk students as well as creating a more cohesive K-12 education system were among numerous suggestions by various interests provided to the State Board of Education on Tuesday regarding how to make Michigan a top 10 education performing state. Kevin Hollenbeck, vice president of the Upjohn Institute
LANSING - Kyle Brow of Vassar has been selected as the 2015 Pure Michigan 400 Honorary Starter for the race Aug. 16, while Michael Harris, Executive Director of Paralyzed Veterans of America Michigan Chapter, has been named 2015 Pure Michigan 400 Grand Marshal. Brow, a 20-year-old with autism, developed a passion for NASCAR and racing
AUBURN HILLS - If you are a startup or early-stage, growth-based business looking for funding, come meet and listen to capital expert, Mike Brennan (Not to be confused with MITechNews.Com Publisher Mike Brennan) who will cover Michigan's various capital sources and talk about how to properly position your company to be qualified for private funding,
GRAND BLANC - Spud Software, a custom software development company, in partnership withDr. Mark Rittenger and Dr. Gregory Streff, of Michigan Lung and Critical Care Specialists, has created a new app aimed at testing for sleep apnea, a disorder that creates blockage of the airway during sleep. The app, which runs on Android phones, will
BIRMINGHAM - The Michigan Israel Business Bridge will be holding its 2015 Ambassador Awards Dinner October 14th at The Reserve in Birmingham. MIBB will be presenting two awards during the dinner. The Bridge Builder Award is being presented to Delphi Automotive in honor of their continued work with Israel start-ups and established companies. The award
JACKSON - A Baker College of Jackson student cyber defense team won the annual Capture the Flag contest affiliated with two recent Detroit professional information security (InfoSec) conferences. The team competed against four corporate information security teams. The winning team members are Jackson residents Benjamin Carroll, Benjamin Clark and Jacob Layher. Each was awarded a
TROY - Automation Alley on Aug. 25 will bring aerospace and defense industry insight to the Southeast Michigan business community with a global business outlook event tailored to small and medium-sized businesses that are looking to diversify. The event will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at Automation Alley headquarters in Troy. "All too
DETROIT - This Sept. 14 BCP meeting will be jointly hosted by Technology Centers 1600 (Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry) and 1700 (Chemical and Materials Engineering), expanding this long-standing industry sector partnership. This meeting will be simultaneously available at locations in the USPTO Headquarters in Alexandria, VA and the Midwest Regional Office in Detroit. During this