LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm and other state officials spent much of Thursday trying to help convince the U.S. Senate to approve legislation that would extend Medicaid funding, and stave off the potential for a "devastating" loss of some $500 million in anticipated revenues for the 2010-11 budget. On her own and with her fellow
WASHINGTON DC - A step toward banning oil and natural gas drilling within the Great Lakes or beneath the bottomlands was taken Thursday as the House Great Lakes and Environment Committee reported HJR GGG. The measure comes nearly two months after a deepwater wellhead began spewing oil throughout the Gulf of Mexico. While Michigan has
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm Wednesday announced state approval of a 15-year, 120.24- acre Renewable Energy Renaissance Zone in the city of Holland that will be home to the new LG Chem-Compact Power Inc. advanced battery facility. "Michigan is becoming a world capital for advanced batteries," Granholm said. "Investments in clean energy manufacturing such as
ANN ARBOR ? A group of green-energy contractors have created a company that will offer energy audits and soup-to-nuts building retrofit services. The four companies behind Meadowlark Energy include Meadowlark Builders and Arbor Spray Foam Insulation both from Ann Arbor, Superior Spray Solutions from Superior Township, and BuildScan Thermography of Saline. Each will continue to
LANSING - Asian carp could be on the doorstep to Lake Michigan, federal officials reported Wednesday, threatening the multi-billion dollar Michigan fishing industry. Michigan officials were still calculating their next steps after the announcement that a live bighead carp, one of the two species of Asian carp currently in the Mississippi River basin, was found
PLYMOUTH - Hella is hiring engineers and other staff professionals in North America to meet a growing demand for automotive electronic components. A global supplier of electronics and lighting, Hella expects to fill more than 20 positions at facilities in Plymouth, Mich., and Flora, Ill., through the third quarter of this year, according to Dr.
DETROIT ? NextCAT announced Tuesday that it has received an award from the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research program - $150,000, which has been matched by a $25,000 grant from the State of Michigan Emerging Technologies Fund. The money will be used to commercialize a biodiesel catalyst technology developed at the National Biofuels
LANSING - As the Michigan Senate Transportation Committee wrapped up hearings Tuesday on the proposed Detroit River International Crossing, the committee chair, Sen. Jud Gilbert, said he is growing convinced the project can be done without risk to the state. Gilbert (R-Algonac) said he remains undecided on the legislation to create a public-private partnership to
DETROIT ? Four entrepreneurial support groups will split $3 million over the next three years to support the newly formed Business Accelerator Network of Southeast Michigan ? aimed helping Michigan startups flourish. Ann Arbor SPARK, Automation Alley, Macomb-OU INCubator and Wayne State University's TechTown will each get about $250,000 a year to work collaboratively to
LANSING - Residents in Michigan lost private coverage insurance coverage faster on average than did residents in the other states, a study conducted by the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation released Monday said. The study looked at changes in health insurance from 2003-04 to 2007-08 and found that with the ongoing economic difficulties, the