LANSING - Late Wednesday, Gov. Jennifer Granholm issued a directive implementing a series of recommendations to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions in the state by 20 percent by 2020 and by 80 percent by 2050. The directive, 2009-4, implements the recommendations of the Michigan Climate Action Council. The group, appointed by Granholm in 2007, issued
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Thursday that 46 communities will receive more than $14.1 million in support of public infrastructure projects to create jobs through the Community Development Block Grant funding made available by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. "Dynamic communities are the engine of Michigan's continued economic success," Granholm said. "Investment in public
DETROIT - Delphi Corp.'s lenders prevailed in a bankruptcy auction and are poised to take control of the bankrupt auto-parts supplier, beating back a government-orchestrated deal to sell the company to General Motors Co. and a California-based private-equity firm. Delphi's lenders prevailed in the auction by forgiving more than $3.4 billion in debt they are
NEW YORK - After examining the behavior of truck drivers covering more than 6 million miles of road, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute concluded that people who send text messages while driving are 23 times more likely to be in a crash (or what they call a near-crash event) than non-distracted drivers. To conduct the
HOLLAND - Momentum, the new West Michigan technology start-up incubator developed by Rick DeVos, grandson of Amway co-founder Richard DeVos, graduated its first three projects on Tuesday night at a coming out party in Holland, this Lake Michigan shoreline community. Public Collections, Revetto, and Downstream all made pitches to potential investors for money. To listen,
DETROIT - The North American International Auto Show will likely stay in Detroit's Cobo Center because the Detroit City Council refused to reject a state proposal to expand and renovate the center. The council has until midnight Friday to reject the proposal that the state approved last month, but on Tuesday - the last scheduled
LANSING - In another budget cutting move yet this year, Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Tuesday issued an executive directive to reduce state contract spending by 5 percent to 10 percent. Executive Directive 2009-3 also establishes a moratorium on new or expanded personal services contracts and limits the use of temporary employees. Granholm's directive also orders
LANSING - Saying some businesses have indicated they would come to Michigan if only the state had a higher renewable portfolio standard, House Democrats on Monday announced they will introduce legislation upping the current 10 percent by 2015 threshold to 30 percent by 2025. In a series of press conferences held across the state, Democrats
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm joined with other Midwest governors meeting in Chicago Monday to sign an agreement pledging to help bring high speed rail to the region. Granholm signed a memorandum of understanding that will have Michigan and seven other Midwest states work to help finance the Midwest Corridor. The group is hoping the
DETROIT - Compuware Corp. late Thursday reported its fiscal first-quarter net income rose to $51 million, or 21 cents a share, from $34.7 million, or 13 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue, however, decreased to $214.4 million from $298.6 million in the same period last year, the information technology company said. During the company's