ANN ARBOR - Governor-elect Rick Snyder, in naming House Speaker Andy Dillon and former Lt. Governor Dick Posthumus to his administration Monday as treasurer and senior adviser for legislative affairs, respectively, said the pair's experience in both the public and private sector was critical. Just as essential in Dillon's and Posthumus' background is their reputation
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FRAMINGHAM - The world smartphone market continues to explode. For the first three quarters of this year, vendors shipped more than 200 million units, up two-thirds from the 119.6 million units shipped during the first three quarters of 2009. According to the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of
NEW YORK - Sprint Nextel Corp. is excluding Chinese telecommunications-equipment makers Huawei Technologies Ltd. and ZTE Corp. from a contract worth billions of dollars largely because of national security concerns in Washington, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. The Defense Department and some U.S. lawmakers have been increasingly concerned about the
LANSING - Governor-elect Rick Snyder is scheduled to hold a news conference on Monday in Ann Arbor naming some of the people who will serve in his cabinet starting in January and one of the names bantered around Friday was House Speaker Andy Dillon. Dillon (D-Redford Twp.), who like Snyder had a business background prior
LANSING - Senate Republicans coalesced Friday around Sen. Randy Richardville of Monroe as their choice for majority leader for the 2011-14 Senate term with Sen.-elect John Proos of St. Joseph dropping out of the race. The Senate GOP will elect its leaders for the upcoming term Tuesday, but any remaining drama will likely involve the
LANSING - In a history-making gain, Michigan Republicans have declared they have won enough seats to claim the majority in the House, deposing Democrats from their majority status. The final number is unclear at this point, but Republicans were indicating they would take at least 57 seats and as many as 61. This story was
LANSING - Saying "it wasn't our time," Democratic candidate Virg Bernero has conceded defeat in the race for governor to Republican Rick Snyder. Speaking to his supporters, Bernero said he had congratulated Snyder on his victory. With 82 percent of the precincts reporting, Snyder held a 58-39 margin over Bernero. Bernero said he would always
LANSING ? Michigan Republicans have won a smashing, historic victory in the Senate Tuesday night with Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop declaring his party had won 26 seats for a two-thirds supermajority. Patrick Colbeck has won a huge victory in the 7th District for the GOP to keep a seat and Rep. Dave Hildenbrand of
DETROIT - Michigan Governor-elect Rick Snyder Wednesday announced that former Michigan economic development director and current Business Leaders for Michigan President and CEO Doug Rothwell will chair his transition team and help the Governor-elect and his team get off to a fast start to reinvent Michigan. Former budget director and state treasurer Mark Murray, currently