LANSING ? The Michigan Economic Development Corp. has hosted three Michigan Again road shows to Boston, Chicago and Washington D.C. with a fourth job-recruitment trip scheduled for Silicon Valley this November. Amy Cell, Senior Vice President, Talent Enhancement for the MEDC, said a dozens of professionals, with Michigan roots, have expressed interest in coming home.
LANSING - Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville said Friday he is considering a proposal to bolster the state's film incentive that would reward companies for hiring Michigan workers. Richardville (R-Monroe) said he would like the state to provide a sliding incentive in the 27 percent to 32 percent range to film production efforts, but for
LANSING ? Who says you can't buy great publicity? Well, now folks that are fans of the Pure Michigan advertising campaign can buy Pure Michigan merchandise at 45 Meijer stores across Michigan. ?The Pure Michigan brand is our incredibly successful tourism and travel industry brand; one we are expanding to encompass the broader array of
LANSING - The 30 percent of Michigan households with access to high-speed Internet but don't use it are an untapped source of economic development, especially in rural communities, according to a Public Service Commission report on broadband planning released at a press event Thursday. "To us, that highlights something of a low-hanging-fruit opportunity," said Brian
LANSING - Historic and controversial changes to Michigan teacher tenure cleared the Legislature on Thursday night as it wrapped up a dizzying first six months of the term with a final round of major action on items like the health insurance claims tax, pig hunting and bad driver fees. With the conclusion of voting in
NEW YORK - Microsoft took the beta tag off Office 365, launching the product at a New York City event Tuesday hosted by Chief Executive Steve Ballmer. The new product is the software giant's effort to bring Web functionality to its widely used desktop applications as well as server products that are found primarily in
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network, Inc. is pleased to announce today the selection of seven Michigan-based contractors that will perform outside plant construction for Merit's Round 1 REACH-3MC broadband stimulus project. As part of the Round 1 REACH-3MC project, Merit will construct 1,017 miles of open-access, advanced fiber-optic infrastructure through rural and underserved communities in
LANSING - A proposed new map for the state's 14 U.S. House seats won party-line approval Tuesday evening from the Senate Redistricting Committee, setting the stage for final action on redistricting for the congressional and state legislative districts. With no changes made by the committee to the congressional plan, final passage of HB 4780 is
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday reaffirmed the principle that the First Amendment protects free speech in the digital age, rejecting a 2005 California law that severely restricted the sale of "violent" video games to minors. The statute had been blocked from taking effect by lower court rulings in suits brought by industry
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google Android chief Andy Rubin tweeted today that "over 500,000 Android devices" are now activated each day around the world. Moreover, he said that activations are growing at a rate of 4.4 percent week-over-week. That figure becomes more significant when one considers that just last month at Google's I/O Conference, the