LANSING - Benefit from the expertise of the GE-CERT team as they provide a fun and meaningful scenario focusing on incident response. The scenario, exercises, instructional assistance, and summary will be provided by two highly seasoned and time tested IT security experts from GE-CERT. The venue this year is the amazing Technical Training Center at
BATTLE CREEK - NextUP is a specialized leadership development program for high-potential women two to five years in their careers. The program is designed to help women overcome traditional roadblocks and achieve early and enduring success in a new assignment or job. Deadline to apply is March 15. Participants come to appreciate that getting ahead
LANSING ? Michigan Senate Democrats announced the renewal of their Michigan 2020 plan that would allow all graduating high school seniors to, if they wish, attend a public community college or university with their tuition paid for by expiring tax credits. "As Michigan high school students around the state take the ACT today to help
LANSING ? Michigan Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville on Tuesday said that while nothing has been ruled out and discussions are ongoing about a solution to raising $1.2 billion in new funding roads, he is less optimistic about being able to act by Thursday to put a proposal on the May ballot. To raise the
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic, a supplier of logistics systems for the factory, warehouse and distribution center, has introduced FlexTruck easy, a pre-engineered Automated Guided Vehicle System that is offered as a kit. The FlexTruck easy kit comes with all the modules required to configure an automatic pallet delivery system: the FlexTruck double pallet handling vehicle(s),
ALBION - Caster Concepts has hired Jamie Long as Director of Sales. Long brings a blend of national sales experience, energy and enthusiasm to this new position with an extensive sales management and strategic planning background. Long previously served as National Sales Manager for Hotsy Corporation, a division of Karcher North America and manufacturer of
DETROIT ? Stik, a social media company that moved to Detroit from San Francisco four months ago, announced Monday it has closed a $2.3 million Series A financing round co-led by North Coast Technology Ventures and Detroit Venture Partners. Draper Associates, First Step Fund, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. and Automation Alley also participated in
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday approved a settlement agreement authorizing The Detroit Edison Company to refund $9.3 million to customers, or a credit of just shy of $2 for residential customers using 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month. Customers should see the credit in April, the PSC said, but the commission also
LANSING - Bills overhauling Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan were passed Thursday by the House without language regarding abortion insurance coverage. The vote was 92-18 for both SB 61 and SB 62, which will now head to the Senate for a concurrence vote. The bills would turn Blue Cross into a nonprofit mutual company,
LANSING - Michigan House Republicans were nearly evenly divided on Thursday over legislation allocating federal funding for a federal-state partnership on the federally mandated health insurance exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but the legislation still passed by a comfortable margin. HB 4111 was passed by the House on a 78-31 vote,