LANSING - The Detroit International Bridge Company has spent $4.7 million on its television advertisements urging residents to oppose the proposed new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, according to the Michigan Campaign Finance Network. Mickey Blashfield, director of governmental relations for the Ambassador Bridge, called the figure inaccurate, but declined to say what the
LANSING - To get most state and local paved roads into good or fair condition, another $1.83 billion per year will be needed from 2012 to 2023, according to a bipartisan report from two members of the Michigan House Transportation Committee. The study was geared toward getting 95 percent of state trunkline freeways in good
GRAND RAPIDS ? Gov. Rick Snyder called on the Legislature to create by Thanksgiving the MI Health Marketplace to create a competitive setting for individuals and businesses to obtain health insurance. The federal Affordable Care Act requires states to set up an exchange or have the federal government set one up for them. "This legislation
WASHINGTON DC - Cyberattacks are about to carry even more weight, with the United States and Australia including them in a mutual defense treaty. The two nations declared the cyber realm to be part of the 60-year-old treaty. The inclusion will mean that a cyberattack on one country could lead to a response by both,
LANSING - An advertising blitz this summer put on by the owners of the Ambassador Bridge, which hammers the Michigan Legislature on the New International Trade Crossing, is clearly leaving senators on the front lines eager for both more factual detail on SB 410 and SB 411 and a resolution to the issue soon. But
ANN ARBOR ? Michigan is producing more college grads than it has jobs that require such degrees. Worse, many Michigan grads are walking into the job market with degrees in fields that are way oversupplied (law, PR), while engineering and computer openings go begging. If Amy Dobson is a rock and Gentex is a hard
NOVI - The City of Novi is hosting on Sept. 24 its Green Street project, which provides local businesses and organizations the opportunity to showcase their green products and services. Event highlights include City Open House (including representatives from every department), Police Department Open House, Fire Department Demonstrations, Kids? Fun Zone, and Green Street. Each
ANN ARBOR - HookLogic announced that Bain Capital Ventures has pumped $9.5 million into the e-commerce media company to further develop its Software-as-a-Service platform and expand its business across the retail, travel and automotive sectors in North America and Europe. HookLogic is headquartered in New York. Its office in Ann Arbor is focused on developing
GRAND RAPIDS ? Less than 100 tickets are still available for the first GrrCON information security and hacking conference on Sept. 16. He expects all 500 tickets to be sold shortly. Security professionals who attend will get 12 continuing education credits. There?s also a New Horizons Computer Training Center Ethical Hacker Training Discount. Tickets cost
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder's special message on health and wellness will seek to mobilize corporate and health care industry-led efforts to fund public service campaigns to reduce obesity and infant mortality, sources have told Gongwer News Service. Snyder is expected to unveil the special message Wednesday, and the message is said to still be