Events/Announcements

New Report Shows Strong Increase In West Michigan IT Hiring, Wages

HOLLAND - Computer consulting and health care companies will be leaders in increased hiring of information technology staff in the next six months in West Michigan, says a survey released Monday. This certainly agrees with the Talent 2025 study discussed in a recent MLive article that says by 2020 the fastest growing occupations will be

By |2014-12-15T00:00:00-05:00December 15th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Chrysler Foundation Donates $190,000 To FIRST Robotics Competition

AUBURN HILLS - The Chrysler Foundation Monday announced more than a $190,000 in grants to support students participating in FIRST Robotics Competition (grades 9-12) and FIRST Tech Challenge (grades 7-12) programs in Michigan. In total, The Chrysler Foundation will distribute 43 grants to Michigan-based programs to help young people discover and develop a passion for

By |2014-12-15T00:00:00-05:00December 15th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Richardville, Snyder: All Compromising On Finally Fixing Michigan?s Roads

LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder and Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville on Monday offered a different assessment from Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger's continued claims that others in the room discussing a solution to the state's $1.2 billion road funding problem have shown little interest in finding a compromise. The development is the latest in

By |2014-12-15T00:00:00-05:00December 15th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Michigan Legislative Conference Committee Planned For Road Funding

LANSING ? Michigan House and Senate leaders have decided to put legislation that would increase funding for roads into a House-Senate conference committee in hopes a compromise can be found using that legislative mechanism. The decision came after a Tuesday meeting of the Legislative Quadrant and Governor Rick Snyder. Spokespersons for House Speaker Jase Bolger

By |2014-12-10T00:00:00-05:00December 10th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Michigan Senate Passes Cyberbullying Legislation

LANSING - Schools would have to modify their policy prohibiting bullying to include cyberbullying and include assurance of confidentiality for an individual who reported an act of bullying, as well as procedures to safeguard that confidentiality, under a bill passed by the Senate on Thursday. SB 74 saw some perhaps unexpected debate on the Senate

By |2014-12-10T00:00:00-05:00December 10th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Suniva Looking To Hire 75 Factory Workers In Saginaw By Mid January

SAGINAW TOWNSHIP ? Suniva has announced it will recruit another 75 people by mid-January to work at its factory near Saginaw, formerly a Sears Warehouse, joining about 30 people who already are building high efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules. Suniva has partnered with Great Lakes Bay Michigan Works! Qualified candidates will take the

By |2014-12-10T00:00:00-05:00December 10th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

FBI Still Can’t – Or Won’t – Blaim North Korea For Sony Cyber Attack

WASHINGTON - The FBI still can't prove who was - or wasn't - behind last month's cyberattack on Sony Pictures, which led to the theft of thousands of documents and revealed confidential information about the company and its employees. "There is no attribution to North Korea at this point," said Joe Demarest, assistant director of

By |2014-12-09T00:00:00-05:00December 9th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|