Michigan Technology related politics
WASHINGTON DC - Everything you view on the Internet, from websites to how long your browsed a particular page, could be viewed by the FBI without the need for a warrant in terrorism and spy cases, if this legislation is enacted this week in the U.S. Senate. At stake is access to your personal "electronic
LANSING - In an effort to assist veteran businesses competing for government contracts, the Department of Technology, Management and Budget will now accept the National Veterans Business Development Council certification when determining eligibility for the state’s service-disabled veteran-owned business pricing preference. The option to submit an NVBDC certificate to qualify for the pricing preference can
LANSING – Michigan’s University Research Corridor added $958 million in economic activity to the city of Detroit in 2015, or the equivalent of $1,400 per Detroit resident, along with hundreds of programs that improve lives and advance neighborhoods, contends a new report. Beyond jobs and economic investments, “Engaging Detroit: URC’s Contributions to Resurgence in the
LANSING - Two bills making major changes to Michigan’s utility and electric energy system, but still maintaining some provisions from the 2008 energy legislation especially with small generators of alternative energy, were reported to the full Senate this afternoon by the Senate Energy and Technology Committee. The bills are the latest substitutes to SB 437
LANSING - A lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Detroit contends the law enacted late last year repealing the option for voters to choose a political party's slate of candidates with a single vote on their ballot violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Voting Rights Act and
ANN ARBOR - For the second time in as many weeks, an environmental remediation professional is warning that people living near Ann Arbor's West Park could be exposed to the toxic chemical dioxane. Dan Bicknell, president of Global Environment Alliance LLC, recently investigated the potential for basements in the West Park area to flood with
LANSING - Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Whiston is pushing a plan to make Michigan a top 10 state for education in the next 10 years, but a report released Thursday by the Education Trust Midwest shows it could fall to the bottom 10 on its current trajectory. The report, Michigan's Talent Crisis, predicted the
LANSING - U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell and U.S. Rep. Candice Miller joined in a statement Thursday urging Governor Rick Snyder to vote against a plan to allow Waukesha, Wisconsin, to draw water from Lake Michigan. A regional advisory body had given its nod to the plan this week with some substantial changes to the city's
LANSING - Michigan Energy supplies should be both plentiful and in some cases cheaper this upcoming summer, an analysis released Thursday by the Michigan Agency for Energy said. Some of the forecast is weather dependent. If the summer proves extremely hot, that could boost the use of electricity. Otherwise, the assessment anticipates overall electricity sales
HOLLAND - Grey Poupon mustard will be produced solely in Michigan as Kraft Heinz Company expands its Holland facility with the help of a Strategic Fund grant. The company received a $500,000 performance-based grant for a project that expects to generate $17.2 million in private investment and create 50 jobs in the city of Holland,
