LANSING - A new poll shows that Attorney General Mike Cox's television advertisements attacking U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra's record on federal spending appear to have eliminated Hoekstra's longstanding lead in the Republican primary and instead created a four-way statistical tie among four candidates, including Ann Arbor Venture Capitalist Rick Snyder. The survey, conducted by Public
LANSING - Although the state is waiting to see if its second application for $400 million in federal "Race to the Top" is accepted, a 2010-11 budget for the Department of Education passed Tuesday by the House includes both state and federal dollars for administration of education reforms enacted late last year. While the state
LANSING - Though work is not yet completed on the package, the Senate Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee reported bills Wednesday that would reduce the number of cleanup levels to two and allow polluters to begin cleanup without an order from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. All sides agreed the package was
LANSING - Refusing to take action to boost funding for the state's roads and bridges costs each Michigan resident $286 a year in a "congestion tax" and will reduce the number of jobs in the state by some 12,000, supporters of increased funding said Wednesday. Doubling the state's current fuel and registration taxes would essentially
DETROIT ? The head of Google's enterprise sales says there are three major trends developing in computing today ? Consumer technology is racing ahead on a 10-year growth path; Cloud computing is creating massive virtual data centers for both consumers and business; the mobile Internet has become the fastest growth media ever. Michael Lock, vice
LANSING - A proposed film studio in suburban Grand Rapids that Governor Jennifer Granholm touted in her February State of the State speech as part of defending her economic record will no longer receive a state tax credit, bringing the project into serious doubt. The Hangar42 film studio's problems also have raised questions about the
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced the recipients of the 2010 Merit Awards, which recognize individuals and organizations that have provided leadership in technology and assisted the Merit community. Award recipients were honored Wednesday at the conclusion of the 2010 Annual Merit Member Conference. "In our role of promoting the advancement of networking in Michigan,
LANSING - Criticism of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Michigan Economic Growth Authority could undermine the state's efforts to attract new companies, the MEDC's executive committee said in an open letter Tuesday to both the Legislature and press. The MEDC "is not flawless, but it constantly strives to improve its programs, processes and
ANN ARBOR - On June 4, five innovation-based entrepreneurs will compete in Ann Arbor SPARK's business plan competition, hosted in conjunction with EIC, the Eastside Innovation Campus. The competition winner, as judged by a panel of noted funding and business experts, will win prizes to support their venture, including a one year incubator lease at
NEW YORK - IBM is apologizing for handing out USB drives at a security conference in Australia this week that had malware on them. The thumb drives were distributed for free to people who walked up to the IBM booth at the AusCERT conference, CNET News.Com reported. "Unfortunately we have discovered that some of these