DETROIT Not sure whats on your county ballot for the Aug. 3 Michigan primary election? Publius.Org for the first time has added primary sample ballots for 20 Michigan counties to the election information it produces for the Michigan Secretary of States Office that will provide voters with a sample ballot to take to the polls,
ANN ARBOR Starting Aug. 9, patrons of the Ann Arbor Civic Theater can book individual tickets on-line through a new sales and reservation system donated by Online Technologies. The system went live about three weeks ago and has been accepting season ticket sales only. But its far better than the old web site which just
LANSING For 18 months, House Speaker Rick Johnson's support of allowing slot machines at the state's horse racetracks to boost agriculture was unequivocal, passionate and even strident. But that fire has flickered in the last month as he has surprised advocates of the so-called racino bill by bucking the strategy they say is vital to
WASHINGTON DC Beware, a new variant of the MyDoom Virus is on the loose and has trigged a National Cyber Alert from US-CERT. In addition to infecting your computer and emailing itself to other machines, the virus may open a backdoor that could make your machine vulnerable to future attacks. Description This variant of MyDoom
ANN ARBOR - Velcura Therapeutics has been awarded nearly $1.5 million by the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, which will include a look-see at stem cells found in the bones of children and adults not the controversial embryonic stem cells. The grant specially charges Velcura with a study of how primitive
DETROIT - Nearly a year after a U.S. court ruling ran legislation requiring automotive tire pressure monitors off the road, companies making the sensors are still staying the course. SensoNor is gearing up for production launch in the U.S. market of MEMS-based tire pressure sensors tweaked to reduce cost. The sensor, known as the SP30,
SOUTHFIELD - According to a recent study by EDUCAUSE, IT security was listed among the top three concerns of higher education institutions. Last years electrical blackout in the upper Midwest, lack of confidence in data backup, the enactment of Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and the proliferation of new viruses have left many colleges and universities ill-prepared and concerned.
GRAND RAPIDS - InfraGard held its National Congress Meeting in June in Washington, DC. Gathering with all the InfraGard Members Alliance (IMA) leadership were top officials from both the FBI and Dept of Homeland Security. What resulted from the meeting was a significant framework from which the organization will quickly grow beyond its 81 chapters
FLINT Kettering University has named Mark Thompson, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an advocate of fuel-cell development, its Bosch Professorship, a chair endowed for three year terms by auto supplier Robert Bosch Corp. Thompson was part of the team led by Thompson, and including ECE Professor Mohammad Torfeh and Associate Professor Douglas
LANSING - It is unlikely the current year and 2004-05 budget will be resolved when the Legislature returns next week, but top lawmakers in the Michigan House and Senate hope that the Legislature will have made final decisions on an increase in the tax assessed on the three Detroit casinos. If the casino tax is