LANSING - The Michigan Senate Technology and Energy Committee will be split into two separate committees with emerging technologies being paired with homeland security under a series of committee assignments announced by Senate Majority Leader-elect Sen. Mike Bishop (R-Rochester). The renamed Energy Policy Committee will be chaired by Sen. Bruce Patterson (R-Canton), who had chaired
KALAMAZOO ? Government software applications provider Manatron said its board has rejected a takeover attempt by Canadian-based Constellation Software to purchase all of Manatron?s outstanding shares for $46 million because the offer ?would not be in the best interests of the company, its shareholders or other stakeholders.? Constellation made its offer on Dec. 18 through
SOUTHFIELD ? Michigan, Ohio and Illinois business leaders are more positive than negative about their chances for success in the current economy, contends a new survey from Plante & Moran. The survey also shows that despite persistent claims that an entitlement mentality is pervasive among the region's workers, the more than 100 executives interviewed agreed
ANN ARBOR - Do you have a New Year's resolution to be more productive and accomplish more of your goals in 2007? Join the Women in Computing Book Club Jan. 25 to learn how. A new book, called Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, may be the book for you to read to
SAN FRANCISCO - It's not too late to get a great tech gift. In fact, some of the year's coolest products come out in November and December, like the gadgets rounded up by CNET News.Com. Archos 604 WiFi The do-everything Archos 604 WiFi is completely stacked with awesome video playback, Web surfing, and other useful
LANSING - The most contentious issue of the Michigan lame duck season - cable franchising reform - was signed into law on Thursday by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The new legislation does not address Internet neutrality, a major issue raised by Google, which just opened its Midwest headquarters in Ann Arbor. The compromise HB 6456 ,
LANSING - Michigan high school students can now plan on receiving a state scholarship for going to college under the "Michigan Promise" scholarship program that Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed into law on Thursday. Granholm signed SB 1335 and HB 6302 at a ceremony in E.A. Johnson High School in Mt. Morris. The $4,000 scholarship the
LANSING - Michigan's fiscal situation has not yet hit bottom, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Thursday in outlining a dire budget scenario that could include revenue proposals next year in order to protect services. The governor, in a year-end media roundtable, rebuffed repeated questions regarding whether tax increases or a restructuring of taxes are under consideration,
LANSING - The yet-to-be-signed Michigan Promise scholarship - the revamped version of the Merit scholarship - received the first in a week-long series of promotional events Tuesday as Governor Jennifer Granholm challenged students at a Lansing High School to accept the state's offer by pledging to go to college. The governor, who signed as a
LANSING - The states that cut taxes the most during the 1990s, including Michigan, faced larger overall fiscal problems and economic performance than did those states that were more restrained in their tax cuts, said a study released by the Washington D.C. organization the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The report from the liberal