Michigan Technology related politics
WASHINGTON DC - Michigan will need to invest $2.077 billion over the next 20 years to maintain and improve its various water treatment facilities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a report released Thursday. The Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2012 showed Michigan among the lowest need states, with costs of less than $500 per
LANSING - A bill introduced Wednesday by Rep. Aaron Miller would allow Tesla Motors to sell its electric vehicles in the state, although the car company doesn't use the standard dealership model. HB 5312 would strike the state's prohibition on direct sales from a manufacturer. The bill also provides a geographical protection so a Tesla
WASHINGTON DC - Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards and Flint resident LeeAnne Walters told a U.S. House committee Wednesday that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality engaged in a cover-up to prevent its failure to enforce drinking water laws in Flint from coming to light, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was complicit in that
LANSING - Some 300 fewer customers are participating in electric choice programs as of December 2015 when compared to 2014, the Public Service Commission announced Monday in its annual report on electric competition. But approximately 11,000 customers remain in the queue. Specifically, the report founded about 6,140 customers participating in electric choice programs as of
LANSING - Every labor market in Michigan saw a drop of at least 1 full percentage point in their annual average unemployment rate from 2014 to 2015, reports the Department of Technology, Management and Budget. What’s more, just about every labor market in the state reported their jobless rates fell in December, from November. The
LANSING – The Michigan Restaurant Association has hired Robert O’Meara as Vice President of Government Affairs. O’Meara started at the MRA on January 18. In this position, he is responsible for all government relations and lobbying activities of the Association. “Robert joins the MRA with a reputation as a respected and influential advocate in Lansing
LANSING - Union membership in Michigan rebounded significantly in 2015 after suffering a sharp decline in 2014, the first full year of Michigan being a right-to-work state. This despite the fact that the state went from 14.5 percent of all employees belonging to a union to 15.2 percent even as more contracts ratified prior to
FLINT - The hacktivist group known as ‘Anonymous’ has launched a campaign called ‘OpFlint,’ which promises online attacks directed toward Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration in response to the Flint water emergency. Website Vocativ.com broke the story, noting that Anonymous Intelligence Group, an account associated with Anonymous, "released a statement on Wednesday morning entitled, "'Anonymous Activates #OpFlint … And
FLINT - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ordering the state and city of Flint to take a series of immediate actions to address the city's drinking water crisis, declaring the state and city "have failed to take adequate measures to protect public health." Additionally, in a series of rapid developments Thursday evening, President Barack
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder's critics, hoping to find a damaging email he sent regarding what he knew and what he did about Flint water, likely came away disappointed from reading almost 300 pages of emails he sent and received on the topic in 2014 and 2015. In fact, most of the emails - which
