EAST LANSING - Michigan State University has developed its Transportation Center on Highway Pavement Preservation to develop new strategies for extending pavement life. The new center will receive $1.4 million during the first year of the program and is expected to receive similar funding levels for the next year, with funding through 2017. Karim Chatti,
LANSING - Bills regulating how much in incentive money the Michigan Economic Development Corporation can use in its business attraction and retention programs as well as toughening some reporting requirements cleared the House Commerce Committee on Thursday. Several changes were made to the bills. In the H-2 substitute for SB 269 , instead of removing
LANSING - The Michigan Business One Stop System, developed in 2007 with the purpose of creating a single point of entry for persons and businesses doing business with state government and streamlining the licensing and permitting process, is in such woeful shape that most state departments don't use the system, according to a scathing audit
LANSING - The Michigan Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee unanimously approved legislation Thursday that would allow businesses seeking investors through crowdfunding to avoid having to register the stocks sold to those investors. No major changes were made in the S-2 substitute for HB 4996 , which would allow companies to seek up to $1
DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index for November is 58.3, down from 63.1 in October. Despite a slow-down in the rate of growth, the three-month average for the economy registered a robust 60.4. A PMI value above 50 generally suggests economic growth. ?Purchasing managers attribute the slow-down to a weakening in production and
LANSING - Michigan's overall economic competitiveness is improving, according to the results of a second annual public policy study conducted by Northwood University on behalf of the Michigan Chamber Foundation. "Michigan is on an aggressive comeback path," said Dr. Timothy G. Nash, of Northwood University, who led the study. "Clearly, when you look at Michigan's
ROCHESTER ? The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation raised more than $290,000 on Nov. 23 from members and supporters at the Annual Signature Gala at the elegant Royal Park Hotel. The fund raiser featured live jazz, gorgeous decked halls, women in evening gowns and men in tuxedos, and a silent auction that when
LANSING - Fifty-six percent of 600 likely voters polled by Lambert, Edwards and Associates said they believe the state economy is headed in the right direction - a 9 percent increase from those who thought the same in July - but only 11 percent of those polled plan to spend more than they did last
LANSING - Despite some concerns raised by legislators when the idea was first revealed, the Lottery Bureau announced Monday it had selected Pollard Banknote and NeoGames to develop its new iLottery system to allow residents to play lottery games online. The bureau was expecting about a year for development of the system, with the games
SOUTHFIELD - TST Tooling Software Technology of Clarkston and Vero Software of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom have made an in-kind grant of Edgecam software with a retail value of $750,000 to Lawrence Technological University. Edgecam is a Vero product distributed by TST. It is a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software package that interfaces with almost all computer-aided