Gary Austin
Congressional Lawmakers to General Motors: Take Action A.S.A.P
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal has sent a letter to General Motors C.E.O. Mary Barra. In it he says G.M. should issue a stronger warning to those who own 1.6 million recalled vehicles that have been determined to have ignition switch problems...
Stocking Up On Sandbags…Just in Case…
Last year about this time in West Michigan in the Grand Rapids area there was a lot of flooding. With concerns the same sort of thing could happen this spring as well the city is buying quite a few more sandbags--about 50,000 more. It's unknown if they will be needed but officials are saying they want to have them on hand in the event they are...
A New Report on the Government’s Health Care Website
Among the things those at Michigan based Compuware do is analyze how websites are doing. The experts there just finished assessing the HEALTHCARE.GOV website and have determined when compared to other health insurance sites it did not fare very well when response times were taken into account...
Oil Spill in Lake Michigan is Under Investigation
There have been problems at a BP refinery in Indiana and as a result oil ended up leaking into Lake Michigan. Officials are saying the oil spread about 5,000 square feet from the BP facility. It's also being reported some tarballs had collected near the shoreline...
Many Michigan Salaries Unable to Keep Up With the Cost of Living
In Michigan you're about average if you earned about $39,000 dollars last year. In 2013 overall income in the state grew by about 2.5%. So today when all states are tallied that puts us in 24th place. In 2012 the personal income growth rate number was closer to 3...
What’s Going to Happen to the Joe Louis Arena?
While the Detroit Red Wings are making plans to build a new arena elsewhere there was the question: what would become of their current home? The Wings have been playing in the Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit since 1979.
Today the Board of the Michigan Strategic Fund cleared the way for the city of Detroit to get $6 million to tear it down...
Verizon to Add Jobs in Michigan
Verizon Wireless is expanding in Michigan. It's being reported the internet and phone provider will increase staff in a wide variety of areas all across the state. The company expects to hire about 100. Jobs are open in several fields including customer service and finance along with business and retail sales...
An Auto Test Track Planned For U of M
A new roadway designed to be a proving ground for automated vehicles will be built on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor. The Board of Regents approved the 6.5 million dollar plan.
It'll be complete with regular streets, a bridge, gravel roads, culverts, a roundabout and even a highway...
Michigan Traffic Fatalities and Crashes Increase in 2013
The Michigan State Police are reporting for the second year in a row there were more traffic deaths in Michigan: going from 936 in 2012 to 951 last year. The biggest jumps occurred in drug involved fatalities which increased from 135 to 165...
Governor Approves Medicaid Expansion Start-Up
Last August Michigan lawmakers approved a plan that would allow for the state's Medicaid Program to expand. Today Governor Snyder said those who qualify can start signing up April 1. In the first year of the program it's estimated over 300,000 who are low income will be able to get coverage...