Michigan Technology related politics
LANSING - House Minority Leader Tim Greimel said Wednesday that Democrats need to spend some time analyzing why their message and presidential candidate in 2016 failed to resonate with a large amount of voters during Tuesday's election. Michigan and the rest of the country saw a significant wave for Republicans led by President-elect Donald Trump,
LANSING - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has a wide lead over her Republican opponent, businessman Donald Trump, a survey by Michigan State University's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research showed Wednesday. Though Trump has room to grow in the final days before next week's election, the margin of support for Clinton, at 47
EAST LANSING – U.S. voters are likely to provide the largest number of votes to the nominee of the incumbent Democratic Party on November 8. The proprietary “Pocketbook Model,” which has predicted the largest vote-getter in 22 of the past 25 elections, and every election since 1980, projects a popular vote margin of victory between 3 percent
LANSING - Absentee ballots completed and turned in are up significantly, by more than 36 percent, compared to the same period in 2012, state officials said Thursday. That equates to nearly 165,000 more ballots being cast absentee with 12 days before the election compared to the same time in 2012, said Department of State spokesperson
LANSING - State Sen. Mike Nofs, chair of the Senate Energy and Technology Committee, has conceded that in order to get Democrats on board with his energy policy proposal, there will be an increased renewable energy standard of 15 percent by 2021, which would put Michigan ahead of some states in the Midwest but well
AUSTIN, Texas — A mounting perception that climate change is occurring could play a role in deciding the upcoming presidential election, particularly if significant numbers of younger Americans turn out to vote, according to the latest UT Energy Poll. More than 9 out of 10 survey respondents (91 percent) under age 35 say climate change is
WASHINGTON DC - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published a series of non-binding guidelines for all U.S. Automakers to protect cars and drivers from the increasing threat of cyber attacks. Vehicle cyber attacks are on the rise. Just last month, Yahoo was the subject of the world’s most massive hack with half a billion
AUBURN HILLS – Martinrea International Inc. is building a 108,200 square foot technical center in Auburn Hills to combined its sales and engineering office currently located in Troy. The new company also will let the Canadian company expands its R&D. The structure is financed, in part, by a $420,000 performance-based grant from the state of
LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder’s 21st Century Education Commission announced a statewide listening tour that will provide opportunities for the public to meet with commissioners and offer suggestions on how to improve the state’s education systems. The first stop will be in West Michigan at the Gerald R. Ford Academic Center on Nov. 3 from
LANSING - The Public Service Commission has approved a voluntary renewable energy pilot program for DTE Electric Company allowing program participants to obtain a larger amount of renewable energy than the 10 percent mandated by the state's 2008 energy law. The new program will be limited to an additional 150,000 megawatt-hours of generation from company-owned
