LANSING - The severity of damage to Michigan's roads from the harsh winter has reduced the urgency to pursue tax relief this year, Governor Rick Snyder said Wednesday. Earlier this year, Snyder proposed a partial restoration of the reduction to the Homestead Property Tax Credit that started in the 2012 tax year. The change would
GRAND RAPIDS - Lambert, Edwards and Associates announced its purchase of Sterling Corporation on Wednesday, a move LEA said makes it the largest public relations firm in Lansing and the largest public affairs firm in the state. Sterling Corporation has been a Republican firm for two decades, and will keep it will remain its own
DETROIT - The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that May 12 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in Michigan as a result of frost and freezes between April 1 and June 19,
PLYMOUTH - HELLA is working with Paul Vahle GmbH to develop wireless charging systems that could spark renewed consumer interest in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. Commonly used to recharge small consumer products such as smartphones and electric toothbrushes, inductive or wireless charging for cars will make it easier for drivers to charge car batteries and
DETROIT - Star-Trek-Horizon, a feature-length independent film currently in production in Southeast Michigan and produced by an Albion College graduate, launched a crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter over the Easter weekend and in just 32 hours raised $10,000. The campaign continues to run through May 19. Horizon follows Captain Harrison Hawke and the crew of
LANSING - A health services company will be expanding and adding jobs in Southeast Michigan with support from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced today. The expansion, aided by a a $2,296,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant, is expected to generate up to $20.3 million in new capital investment. ?Michigan?s
SOUTHFIELD - Sixty-eight teams from Michigan will compete in the Robofest Michigan Championships May 3 at Lawrence Technological University. Admission and parking are free for this event. Robofest is a competition of autonomous robots ? computer-programmed to act independently and not remote-controlled ? that encourages students to have fun while learning principles of science, technology,
BRIGHTON - The Engineering Society of Detroit is all about the future of Michigan's science, technology, engineering and math professionals. So is this outing. All of the golf proceeds go to the David A. Skiven Leadership Fund to support the ESD Institute's efforts to filling the STEM pipeline with employable workers. ESD and its Institute
TRAVERSE CITY - The CPM Extrusion Group, consisting of Century Extrusion in Traverse City and Ruiya Extrusion in Nanjing China, will cooperate with ECON GmbH of Weisskirchen, Austria to produce the EUPC line of underwater pelletizers. The EUPC line is based on the ECON EUP series built in Austria. The EUPC features all critical components
TORONTO - Canada U.S. Business Association is working with The Conference Board of Canada and the Centre for Business Innovation on the Business Innovation Summit 2014: Accelerating Corporate Innovation and Commercialization on May 28-29 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The Conference Board of Canada has established the Centre for Business Innovation as a five-year