LANSING - More of the state would be reachable via trails and those trails would be better maintained under a plan released Thursday by the Department of Natural Resources for public comment. The five-year plan calls for extensions of and improvements to existing trails as well as creation of new trails to serve both non-motorized
LANSING - Former Governor Jennifer Granholm says she will return to teaching, speaking and other activities after the announcement her show, "The War Room," would be cancelled following the sale of Current TV to Al Jazeera. "My agreement with Current was for the duration of the election (and the sale)," Ms. Granholm said in a
BEIJING, China ? China will now require all citizens to use their real names when signing up for an Internet account and force Internet providers to delete posts deemed illegal. A decision approved today by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress institutes an "identity management policy," according to China's official Xinhua news agency,
AUBURN HILLS - Chrysler Group Thursday reported its best December sales since 2007 with 152,367 units, up 10 percent from the same month a year ago. The Chrysler, Dodge, Ram Truck and FIAT brands each posted year-over-year sales gains in December compared with the same month last year. The FIAT brand?s 59 percent increase was
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget is currently working to resolve an error that is impacting 85,000 food assistance recipients and their families. As a result of human error, benefits to the Bridge Cards providing food assistance for clients with account numbers ending in 0 were not loaded to the cards
RESTON, Va. - Samsung is the top handset manufacturer overall with 26.9 percent of the U.S. mobile market share, while Google Android continued to lead among smartphone platforms, accounting for 53.7 percent of smartphone subscribers. Apple was second with 35 percent. The survey was done by comScore during the three-month period ending November 2012. Samsung
ANN ARBOR - Bank of Ann Arbor announced Wednesday that it has acquired Ervin Leasing Company, a privately held national equipment leasing and finance company founded in 1978 and headquartered in Ann Arbor. Ervin Leasing, a subsidiary of parent company Ervin Industries, successfully navigated the economic downturn in 2008 and 2009, then ramped up sales
LANSING - Michigan's employment, per capita GDP and per capital personal income have grown more quickly than those of most other states since 2009, but it's still far behind the top 10 states, according to the 2012 Business Leaders for Michigan Benchmarking Report. Perceptions of Michigan's business climate are low and improving slowly, the report
WASHINGTON DC - Detroit and Grand Rapids had two of the best recoveries in the country from the depths of the recession three years ago, according to a study of 100 metropolitan areas by the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. Both of the Michigan metropolitan areas had top 20
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced the completion of approximately 292 additional miles of their REACH-3MC fiber-optic network build-out. Merit completed and activated the optical network equipment used to "light" the newly installed fiber to provide network services, on the following segments; Centreville to Berrien Springs (66 miles), Mount Pleasant to Prudenville (87 miles), Gaylord