LANSING ? Michigan Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville has introduced a bill to increase the minimum wage to $8.15 an hour by September 1, 2014, but do so in a way that could negate a ballot proposal seeking a much bigger increase. ?The majority leader is introducing it to open up the discussion about minimum
LANSING - The much-anticipated 11-bill package defining the state?s role in resolving the Detroit bankruptcy was submitted for introduction late this afternoon with a call for the state to provide $194.8 million from its Budget Stabilization Fund that would then be repaid through tobacco settlement dollars. Under the legislation, a seven-member commission would be established
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple has published a new set of guidelines regarding how law enforcement agencies and other government entities may request information from the company about user data. The new rules, which were posted to Apple's website late Wednesday, reflect Apple's move toward notifying its customers when it receives law enforcement requests for user
WASHINGTON DC - It didn't take long for Gen. Keith Alexander, the recently retired director of the National Security Agency, to speak out about the government intelligence agency. The four-star general, who retired last month, touched on a wide range of subjects in an interview published Thursday by the Australian Financial Review, including the NSA's
GRAND RAPIDS - Technology is something that every business today depends upon in one way or another. Attend the May aimWest event as the group discusses the latest trends in IT Security and Privacy, what the greatest risks are, and how you can defend yourself, your family, and your business. The Panel includes: Stuart Berman,
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University?s student team overcame a series of mishaps to finish second for the second year in a row in the Hybrid Drive Class of the Formula Hybrid International Competition held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. LTU finished first in the Autocross race and second in Endurance race. It ended up
SAN FRANCISCO - Fast Company and Mercedes-Benz are offering a custom Mercedes van worth $50,000 to the start-up that wins the Drive Your Business Forward Contest. The deadline to enter is May 31. Any small business?including startups, nonprofit organizations, and creative companies?can enter by submitting a 60-second video about their company and how they would
TROY - Altair announced that Germany's national meteorological service Deutscher Wetterdienst has selected Altair?s PBS Professional for workload management on its two Cray XC30 supercomputing systems. Researchers and scientists at DWD will utilize the petascale systems to produce higher resolution and more accurate global and regional weather predictions to help fulfill the organization's wide array
HOUGHTON - Nucor Corp. has awarded Michigan Technological University $255,000 to create the Nucor Industrial Control and Automation Laboratory at the Upper Peninsula university. The lab will be a joint effort of the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the School of Technology and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering.
HOUGHTON - For the ninth year in a row, Michigan Technological University ranks as the number one university nationwide for the number of Peace Corps Master?s International students currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers. Michigan Tech has 32 graduate students overseas, earning the University top spot on the Peace Corps? annual ranking of PCMI and