LANSING - The Michigan legislative redistricting map is almost on the desk of Governor Rick Snyder, but the head of the Eastside Republican Club is joining with Rep. Tim Bledsoe (D-Grosse Pointe) to protest the lines. Under the new map, Grosse Pointe Shores and Grosse Pointe Woods would fall under the 1st House District, while
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder supports the basic thrust of a letter from the National Governors Association urging federal budget negotiations not to transfer additional costs in the Medicaid program to the states. In a letter to President Barack Obama and congressional leaders as they attempt to work out an agreement on extending the nation's
SAN FRANCISCO - To help companies adapt to the challenges posed by video, social media, and mobile use, Qumu announced a technology breakthrough that enables video content to be centrally managed while enabling video to be embedded in virtually any business application, portal or mobile app. The Qumu Video Platform released Tuesday includes both the
ANN ARBOR ? The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is back for a second year and again offering $1 million in cash prizes to student-lead and business start-up companies in the state, or willing to move to the state. Top prize is $500,000. Company deadline is Aug. 10. The student competition, with a deadline of Sept.
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AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems announced it will host the third in a series of live webinars designed to help manufacturers and processors become best-in-class in the food industry. The event will take place Aug. 3 from 2-3 pm. Registration is free. The webinar is titled Increase Food Safety Through Error-Proof Work Environments and features
LANSING ? The Michigan Economic Development Corp. has hosted three Michigan Again road shows to Boston, Chicago and Washington D.C. with a fourth job-recruitment trip scheduled for Silicon Valley this November. Amy Cell, Senior Vice President, Talent Enhancement for the MEDC, said a dozens of professionals, with Michigan roots, have expressed interest in coming home.
GRANDVILLE ? Trivalent Group will host BIASurvivor, a no-cost disaster recovery workshop for the business community, July 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its Grandville headquarters. Disaster recovery experts from Trivalent Group will share strategies to increase an organization?s survivability by building an effective business continuity plan. A University of Texas study of
LANSING - An annual electric rate increase for customers of Northern States Power Company of $839,000 has been approved by the Public Service Commission. The settlement agreement will affect customers of the Wisconsin-based utility in two counties in the Upper Peninsula bordering Wisconsin. The settlement should end the utility request filing that was initially made
YPSILANTI - Integrated Sensing Systems announced that the U.S. Patent Office has granted it a utility patent for mounting and packaging ISSYS' sensors integrated with large ducts and piping networks. The Patent is US 7 823,445 - System and Method of Assessing a Property of a Flowing Fluid. ?These sensor chips are used by ISSYS