LANSING - A national trucking publication has ranked Michigan's roads the second worst in the nation. Michigan finished behind Pennsylvania for the distinction of having the roads ranked worst in the nation by Overdrive Magazine. New York state and California tied for third worst. On the other end of the rankings, the magazine ranked Florida
LANSING - Michigan was a long way out of the top 16 in its application for federal "Race to the Top" grant funds, and the dispute between the Michigan Education Association and Department of Education over the document and the plan behind it appears to have been a primary reason for that poor showing. While
ANN ARBOR ? If you want to participate in the May Ann Arbor SPARK Entrepreneur Boot Camp, you have to apply by April 1. If you?re accepted, you'll spend two days and evenings learning how to identify critical issues for your business plan. Entrepreneur Boot Camp is an intensive and instructive way to gain critical
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Rapids Community College created Tuesday the first American training center for a top European turbine safety program. College leaders signed a deal with companies based in the United Kingdom and Spain, creating a center training employees to work on off- and on-shore wind energy machinery, The Grand Rapids Press reported. The
ROYAL OAK - RTT USA has updated its RTT DeltaGen 9.5 3D visualization package with a range of new functions allowing nearly all visualization tasks to be carried out with just one application, resulting in cost and time efficiency. The software also include a product data management connection. RTT DeltaGen 9.5 features unique and sophisticated
ANN ARBOR - Adaptive Materials, the leader in manufacturing portable power through solid oxide fuel cells, was recently awarded $3 million through the Centers of Energy Excellence Program. The company will use the funding to support the commercialization of its fuel cells within the consumer leisure market. "Adaptive Materials is ready to move forward the
BIRMINGHAM - Wired's ThreatLevel reported that a disgruntled ex-employee of a car dealership in Austin, Texas, used a black box lock-out device on over a hundred vehicles to disable them or make their horns sound. The service he used is provided by Payment Technologies in Cleveland. The product is well thought out with safety features
CUPERTINO - Apple is developing a new iPhone to debut this summer and also appears to be working on a model for U.S. mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless, sources told the Wall Street Journal Monday. While Apple has unveiled a new iPhone every June or July since launching the product in 2007, the new model
LANSING - The final bills in a legislative package to allow motorists to pay a $10 fee when they renew their annual vehicle registration to receive a permit to use any state park or boating access site are on their way to Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The Passport Bill, SB 389, passed last Thursday in the
LANSING - The Michigan Senate made a major change Thursday to legislation that would ban motorists from texting while driving as they made the violation a primary offense, allowing police to ticket drivers for texting without having to first pull them over for committing another infraction. What made the move so surprising is that the