LANSING - A day after officials from the film community asked Michigan lawmakers not to change the newly created tax incentives for their industry, which include the biggest tax credit in the country, the chair of the Michigan House Appropriations Committee said he has spoken with the speaker and is asking for a limit to
MACKINAC ISLAND - Michigan, and the Detroit Metro Region in particular, have lost their standing at the top of the income scale over the past decade in large part because they have not kept up with changes in the world economy, officials told those gathered for the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference Wednesday. The
ANN ARBOR - Borders Books on Tuesday launched an e-Commerce web site, after a seven year online partnership with Amazon.Com. One of the big changes is a new service called Magic Shelf, which allows customers to view online book, music and movie titles, much the way they browse book tables, displays and shelves at Borders
SAN FRANCISCO - Just when you thought the landscape of social-networking developer APIs couldn't get any more complicated, here comes another curveball. Facebook will reportedly open-source the code for its application platform. The news comes from TechCrunch and was reported by CNET News.Com. The announcement may be just days away. Facebook representatives did not immediately
LANSING - Michigan's strategic plan for government technology is centered on six goals that take Michigan beyond the realm of consolidation and into shared services and collaboration. �??The future is exciting and will bring greater partnerships with other state agencies as well as local government and private partners across Michigan, combining resources and transforming government
DETROIT - Microsoft Chief Information Officer Tony Scott headlines the fourth annual Midwest Technology Leaders Symposium June 4-5 at Detroit's MGM Grand Casino. Registration closes Friday May 30. This unique gathering of information technology and business leaders. CIOs (Chief Information Officers), and their teams at major Midwestern corporations, will gather, with key partners, on the
LANSING - John Hertel, director of the Regional Transit Coordinating Council, brought the State Fair back from the brink of its demise to solvency and now he is confident that he can shepherd through a plan to unify transit in the Metro Detroit area and provide that regional system business seeks. "In terms of the
LANSING - The House Judiciary Committee last week took up 10 of the bills in a 12-bill identity theft package, with much of the testimony echoing remarks from Tuesday when the House Banking Committee took up the first two bills and learned that the financial and much of the business world are not on board
LANSING - The Michigan House on Tuesday approved a 12-bill package requiring companies with state contracts or those pursuing economic development incentives to agree to hire Michigan workers first, which proponents say is an effort to put more accountability into the $1 billion in enticements the state gives away on an annual basis. The legislation
LANSING - The Michigan Senate Energy Policy and Public Utilities put out legislation Tuesday that could become something like the House-passed energy efficiency measures. Or it could be something different. The bill (SB 1228 ) as reported, unanimously, merely states legislative intent "to promote energy conservation and efficiency measures to save energy and reduce demand