LANSING - The headlines have been written about the federal government allocating hundreds of millions of dollars to support a high-speed passenger rail line between Detroit and Chicago, but residents won't see that speedy service until the state wraps up negotiations with Norfolk Southern, which owns most of the rail line Amtrak uses. Amtrak's Wolverine
GRAND RAPIDS - A funeral and burial for former First Lady Betty Ford is slated for Thursday in Grand Rapids. Mrs. Ford, 93, died Friday in California where she and Former President Gerald Ford had retired to after he left the White House in 1977. She will be buried next to him at the Gerald
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
LANSING - Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville said Friday he is considering a proposal to bolster the state's film incentive that would reward companies for hiring Michigan workers. Richardville (R-Monroe) said he would like the state to provide a sliding incentive in the 27 percent to 32 percent range to film production efforts, but for
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder promised Thursday to the Detroit City Council that the area of Detroit where a new bridge to Windsor, Ontario, would be built would receive at least comparable treatment in community benefits as Port Huron did when the Blue Water Bridge plaza was redone. Snyder spoke by phone during a council
GROSSE POINT ? Several dozen angel investors from Michigan and Ontario gathered in June at the residence of Roy Norton, the Canadian consul general in Detroit, to listen to pitches from four startups and to explore how they could work together to promote the region. The event was co-hosted by Great Lakes Angels. Consul General
LANSING - Michigan and 26 other states will need to see how power plant emissions are allocated before they will know how new federal rules signed Thursday would affect the state, Department of Environmental Quality Air Quality Division Chief Vinson Hellwig told Gongwer News Service. The new rules, which also still have to go through
WALLOON LAKE - Gas Technologies LLC said Thursday that it has streamlined its GasTechno advanced alcohol, biofuels and chemical plant that profitably converts natural gas to liquids and chemical products for less than $2 million. The company announced its new GasTechno Mini‐GTL gas‐to‐liquids plant packages will range in cost from $1.5 million to $2 million
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center is now offering no-cost training to Veterans who have an interest in growing or launching a small business. ?Many Veterans are launching and growing businesses here in Michigan and they need assistance,? stated Carol Lopucki, state director of the MI-SBTDC. ?The training programs will