PLYMOUTH - Southeast Michigan has landed two of the 32 national winners of Comcast Business' Innovations for Entrepreneurs contest. Both received $10,000 and both are in the competition - through a public vote - to receive an additional $20,000 in cash. Regional winners are Fresh Co Home Inc. of Bloomfield and Lawrence Hunt of Royal
LANSING - While it is always tough for teens to find summer work, a forecast released Wednesday by the Department of Technology, Management and Budget said 2015 should be the best summer season in a decade for young people to find jobs. The department said it anticipates a teen unemployment rate of 17.2 percent during
LANSING - Re-evaluation of certain tax credits, most notably housing credits, as well as a review of some $20 billion in restricted revenue, are among the key pieces of House Speaker Kevin Cotter's plan for road funding after voters on Tuesday soundly rejected a ballot proposal aimed at raising new revenue for roads. "We have
ANN ARBOR - NEW Solutions for Non-Profits has added Patricia Rinvelt, Jeff Hauptman, Janice Williams Miller, K. Scott Vowels and Daniel Foss to its Board of Trustees. "This year, we were very intentional about rebuilding our board," said Michael Tyson, President and CEO of NEW. "I'm looking forward to the new energy, ideas and support
SOUTHFIELD - ardentCause has been selected to provide data management services to the Greater Detroit Area Health Council in its development of the Macomb County Partners in Prevention and Care Chronic Disease Coordinating Network project. The CDCN is a four year community-wide partnership focused on improving health outcomes for a defined Macomb County population, by
LANSING - Concentrated animal feeding operations were already limited in when and where they could spread manure, but a new permit released Monday would apply those limits to operations receiving that manure as well. CAFOs are required under federal rule to obtain a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit that regulates the waste allowed to
GRAND RAPIDS - If you are a CTO, CIO, CISO or have a similar title, Comcast Business would like you to enter a raffle to win free tickets to a luxury suite to hear former state CISO Dan Lohrmann tell you tales of cybersecurity threats posed by the Internet of Things. Comcast Business is hosting
ANN ARBOR - Gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the United States slipped last month, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, vans and SUVs purchased in April was 25.2 mpg, down from 25.4 mpg in March. "This drop likely reflects
EAST LANSING - A $5 million bequest commitment from a Kentucky couple will strengthen the Michigan State University College of Engineering's ability to coach, develop and educate the next generation of innovation leaders. The estate gift from Gary and Patricia Coffman is one of the largest donations ever given to MSU Engineering. It will establish
DETROIT - So here we go at ITInTHED.Com. We said we were going to double down on events. We said we'd do something on a day that wasn't on a Thursday for those who have problems making it on Thursdays. We said we'd do more events downtown. Well, here we go. We've got two events