Politics

  LANSING - Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to its lowest rate in 14 years in July, 5.3 percent, but the decline had nothing to do with the state adding new jobs during the month because figures showed the state had no net gain in employment last month. The number of unemployed individuals declined

  LANSING - The Michigan Environmental Council and the Natural Resources Defense Council were among numerous environmental interests who said Wednesday that, despite great conversations during the 37-member work group, the Senate's renewable energy portion of its energy policy proposal still falls short of expanding the use of renewable forms of energy.   On top

DETROIT - NextEnergy and RecoveryPark Wednesday announced Light-Speed USA as the winner of NextChallenge: Lighting, a lighting technology competition. Light-Speed USA was awarded $80,000 in cash and in-kind services to support the development and demonstration of a next generation greenhouse lighting technology system for RecoveryPark. "NextEnergy developed NextChallenge: Lighting to source ideas to drive technology

HOUGHTON - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has appointed Michigan Tech President Glenn Mroz to the board of the Michigan Education Trust. MET is a prepaid college tuition plan that enables families to pre-purchase tuition based on today's tuition rates. The plan then covers the future cost of tuition when the child reaches college. "Glenn has

LANSING - Rooftop solar generation costs are nearly twice as high as large- or utility-scale installations and utility-scale projects emit about 50 percent less carbon emissions than an equivalent amount of rooftop capacity, a study has found. The study was prepared for and commissioned by a solar group, First Solar, with support Edison Electric Institute,

LANSING - A combination of steep reductions in the Michigan Economic Development Corporation's corporate revenues and a major cut to its business attraction support from the Legislature mean the MEDC will be slashing jobs as the 2015-16 fiscal year approaches in October. One of the sources of corporate revenue shortfall was attributed, in a statement

LANSING - The sudden momentum for the Michigan House to pass a revised plan to raise $1.2 billion for roads, half through new revenue, half through cutting spending from other programs, has spurred optimism the Republican-led House could pass the plan this week, but it also appears certain Republicans will have to scrounge up some

ANN ARBOR - Are you a Maker with a product you want to sell? Do you run a Maker space that has projects ready for commercialization? Then MITechNews.Com wants to hear from you. MITechNews.Com has the Maker MI section on its website http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?cid=3067and in its Friday eNewsletter. We want to use both as a central

LANSING - A dramatic search for what remains of a post-cataclysmic world is at the center of "North," currently being filmed in Detroit through August. The project is eligible to receive a $139,927 incentive from the Michigan Film Office. The eligible incentive amount is based on an anticipated spending of $399,791 along with the hiring

LANSING - The most cost effective way to meet new federal power plant emissions standards is to use energy more efficiently, a report released Thursday said. The Institute for Energy Innovation said the value of moving to cogeneration of renewable power would depend largely on the cost of natural gas. The report, using the State