LANSING ? Michigan Republicans have won a smashing, historic victory in the Senate Tuesday night with Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop declaring his party had won 26 seats for a two-thirds supermajority. Patrick Colbeck has won a huge victory in the 7th District for the GOP to keep a seat and Rep. Dave Hildenbrand of
DETROIT - Michigan Governor-elect Rick Snyder Wednesday announced that former Michigan economic development director and current Business Leaders for Michigan President and CEO Doug Rothwell will chair his transition team and help the Governor-elect and his team get off to a fast start to reinvent Michigan. Former budget director and state treasurer Mark Murray, currently
LANSING - In accepting victory, Governor-elect Rick Snyder on Tuesday called for the state to end the Michigan Business Tax, but also to protect its natural resources and rebuild its central cities, especially Detroit. Could that put him into some conflict with a Republican Legislature elected by voters "taking a baseball bat to the establishment?"
DETROIT ? There's another group in metro Detroit representing women who work in tech-related industries ? Girls In Tech Detroit. The national group has set up a Southeast Michigan chapter that will give women in the technology space more social networking among their peers. GIT Detroit focuses on collaboration, promotion, growth and success of women
GRAND RAPIDS ? Michigan Film Reel will host Tom Norton, a seasoned expert in the world of film and TV production, Sunday Nov. 7 at 6 pm on the third floor of McFadden's Restaurant and Saloon. Norton is an award winning writer and director in filming documentaries and commercials. He is currently the director at
ROYAL OAK - Jason Hamilton joined C/D/H's Royal Oak office on November 1 as a consultant. Hamilton brings with him 13 years of Microsoft Windows domain design and administration skills, network security and virtualization platform experience and over three years of experience in team leadership and management. Prior to his employment at C/D/H, Hamilton worked
NEW YORK - Living Cities, a collaborative of 22 of the world's largest foundations and financial institutions, will invest $80 million in five U.S. metropolitan areas ? including Detroit - to create innovations that address intractable problems affecting low-income people. The Living Cities Integration Initiative will provide financial packages of grants, loans and so-called Program-Related
SPRING LAKE - IT Resource, a West Michigan provider of IT solutions and Microsoft Gold Partner, will be hosting a presentation focusing on technology and business on Wednesday, November 10 from 7:30 to 9 am. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the productivity and financial impact that technology has on their business, how new
LANSING - A recent study shows that workers in the high tech industry are acutely susceptible to heart disease and other problems due to the nature of their sedentary desk life. But a new web site aims to reverse this trend. MyMACWellness.Com provides local listings of free and low-cost activities. With an easy, point-and-click design,
DETROIT - The Mobile Marketing Review, a new podcast series dedicated to educating the mobile industry and providing expert advice on execution, effectiveness and mobile marketing best practices, has gone live. Episodes will examine real-life mobile marketing and advertising campaigns submitted by brands, agencies and marketers worldwide, and offer a no-holds-barred analysis of how well