LANSING - While she said the Legislature should have remained in session to continue working on the final resolution of the 2010-11 budget, Gov. Jennifer Granholm told reporters Wednesday completion of the budget may rest on federal action on the Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentages issues. She also raised doubts that the Legislature would ever act
PORTAGE - Manatron, which develops integrated property tax and records management software for state and local governments, today announced its acquisition of Grapevine, Texas-based Beyond Appraisal. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition reflects Manatron's continued expansion in and commitment to the Texas market, bringing the company's total number of Texas clients to
TROY - The Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants has launched a re-designed web site that will be easier to use than the previous one, the group says. To ensure that website visitors got the most out of their time on the site, the MACPA involved its members in determining the best layout for the
LANSING ? Ray DeWinkle, who was a fixture for nearly two decades at The Right Place economic development program in Grand Rapids, and left to become CEO of GreaterFindlayInc, has returned to Michigan, this time as senior vice president of Global Business Development for the Lansing Economic Area Partnership. More specifically, DeWinkle leads business development,
LANSING - A petition to allow Michigan residents to opt out of new federal health care requirements will not see the ballot in November because supporters did not have time or money to collect the needed signatures, supporters said. Critics of the petition drive said the failure reflected the lack of support for the plan.
DETROIT - Detroit Media Partnership Tuesday introduced a Michigan web portal site that features news from around the state, as well as information about weather, sports, traffic, entertainment and recreation. Content for the site is provided by more than 30 organizations. They include: Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News as well as major news sources
LANSING - An existing statutory ban on drilling for oil and natural gas in or underneath the Great Lakes would be placed into the Constitution under a proposal approved Wednesday by the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. The measure (SJR Z ) comes about a week after the House overwhelmingly approved its own constitutional
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the Legislature failed to deliver on their vow to complete the entire 2010-11 fiscal year budget by July 1, but they saved some face with a deal Wednesday on the K-12 School Aid portion of the budget, primed for final passage Thursday. Two items were key to springing the
WASHINGTON ? In just three years' time, the U.S. Small Business Administration's Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative has supported nearly $500 million in Patriot Express loans to small businesses owned and operated by veterans, reservists and their spouses. Patriot Express Loans, which can be used to start or expand a small business, increased over the
ANN ARBOR - Three Michigan companies recently received a combined total of $104,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, bringing the total amount invested through the Fund to over $1.3 million. Terra-Telesis, KnowledgeWatch, and uwemp received the funding to support commercialization of their core products. Terra-Telesis, doing business as AWGET (Airport Wind Generated Electric Turbine),