LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder and top legislative leaders have not yet reached a formal target agreement on the education aspects of the budget, but they are getting close, Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville said Wednesday morning. Richardville (R-Monroe) said he, House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall), Governor Rick Snyder, Lt. Governor Brian Calley and the
LANSING - All Michigan public employees would have to pay for at least 20 percent of the cost of their health benefits under legislation passed Wednesday by the Michigan Senate. The Senate, as expected since Republicans make up a two-thirds supermajority of the body, mustered the two-thirds majority needed to adopt the constitutional amendment SJR
WIXOM ? Youngsoft, a fast growing software consulting and services company, has more than 60 open positions now all over the United States. Youngsoft provides cost-effective IT solutions. The company also has its product and services for serving Health Care Industry under H2H Solutions and has many job opening for Health Care IT sector .
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Van Andel Research Institute Tuesday announced the creation of the VARI Pediatric Cancer Translational Research Program to identify the best treatment options for children based on the individual biology of their tumor, a process often referred to as personalized medicine. The program will unite basic research and clinical care through a
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Growth Authority Tuesday approved tax incentives for three companies choosing to expand or locate in Michigan, as well as three brownfield redevelopment projects. The approved projects are expected to generate nearly $182 million in new investment, and create a projected 661 direct jobs in communities across the state. ?The MEGA
LANSING - Revenues to the Michigan general and School Aid funds are up by a combined amount between roughly $500 million to $700 million for the 2011-12 fiscal year from what was estimated in January, according to forecasts released Friday by the House and Senate Fiscal agencies. There are some significant caveats the numbers. While
DETROIT - Two Michigan state senators have introduced a bill to preserve tax credits for movie making in the state that would allow the state to award filmmakers tax credits of up to 42 percent for their production expenditures, instead of an absolute 40- or 42-percent. Senate Bill No. 383 was introduced Thursday by Sens.
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Facebook has plugged a hole that was inadvertently providing advertisers and other third parties access to user accounts via tokens that serve as "spare keys," Symantec said today after disclosing the problem to the social-networking company. "Facebook was notified of this issue and has confirmed this leakage," Nishant Doshi, a senior software
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Facebook users are being duped into unwittingly spreading spam by clicking on what looks like a link to news entitled "First Exposure: iPhone 5." A version of the scam, exploiting peoples' interest in the next-generation iPhone, went around Facebook earlier this month, and it's back today with minor changes. The scam
PLYMOUTH ? Auto electronics and lighting systems supplier Hella is hiring engineers, project managers, and sales people as the company expands its manufacturing footprint and introduces new fuel-saving technology. The company added more than 50 jobs in Illinois and Michigan last year and plans to fill upwards of 40 new positions throughout the Americas in