GRAND RAPIDS - The former West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative will officially change its name to GR Current on Tuesday at a Rooftop Happy Hour to be held at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. The event has maxed out at 400, said GR Current Director Jeff Royce. The lot includes business folks, city
MACKINAC ISLAND - Officials in the administration of Governor Rick Snyder are saying they will make a push to complete action on the expansion of Medicaid eligibility before the Legislature leaves for the summer in mid-June. Snyder himself has told reporters that is a priority in interviews, and a spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Randy
LANSING - A group of health care providers, insurers, advocates and trade associations submitted a letter this week warning against a proposed 48-month limit on Michigan Medicaid benefits. The Medical Care Advisory Council, in a letter dated Tuesday, expressed concern about the legislation pending in the House Michigan Competitiveness Committee (HB 4714 ) that would
LANSING - The Michigan Senate Wednesday gave final approval to the School Aid Omnibus budget, which includes funding for K-12 education, community colleges and higher education, along mostly party lines. The bill now goes to Governor Rick Snyder. Sen. Roger Kahn (R-Saginaw Township), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, praised HB 4228 as a bipartisan
LANSING - The Michigan Legislature would determine which projects get a slice of the $115 million in priority road funding in the 2013-14 Department of Transportation budget under the conference committee version of the budget approved Tuesday. The budget in SB 184 , and contained within the HB 4328 omnibus bill, follows the recent budget
TROY ? The Michigan Council of Women in Technology?s annual membership meeting will be held at Altair Engineering on June 4. Denise Roberts will talk about the Art of Networking. Sponsored by: Altair Engineering, 1820 East Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48083 To register, click on MCWT.Org
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed at a California conference that Apple has sold more than 13 million Apple TV devices - half of those set-top box devices were sold last year. He also hinted Apple may soon offer a wearable computer. But when pressed for specifics about Apple's vision for the device,
DETROIT ? Wayne State University will host NewME Accelerator PopUp Demo Day on May 31 at 7p.m. In partnership with Google for Entrepreneurs, NewME PopUps bring together entrepreneurs working on innovative technology products for an in-depth, high-intensity weekend of collaboration and production. The three-night event on May 29-31 features one-on-one coaching from NewME experts, a
MACKINAC ISLAND - Any discussion of selling art from the Detroit Institute of Arts is premature, but the art "could be in play," if Detroit finds itself in a Chapter 9 bankruptcy, Treasurer Andy Dillon told reporters here. But the spokesperson for Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr said the discussion that began a week ago
MACKINAC ISLAND - Better educating Michigan children and welcoming immigrants are among the keys to improving the state's economy, Governor Rick Snyder and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said in opening the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference. The conference is organized around three "pillars" of discussion: cultural change, education and the 21st Century global