ATLANTA, Georgia, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance posted the following news release: * * * Published on March 21, 2024 by Disaster Field Operations Center East * * * The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are available in Michigan for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations with eco  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 16 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Neighborhoods near the Detroit Livernois Intermodal Facility in southwest Detroit stand to benefit from a Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) 2024 Michigan Rail Enhancement Grant Program (M-REP) grant announced today. The $5 million grant to CSX Transportation will support equipment upgrades, track work and paving the dirt and gravel yard. Paving the yard is an   more

DAVISON, Michigan, March 16 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing approximately $7.7 million to replace the culvert at the M-54 (Dort Highway)/Court Street intersection in the city of Flint. Attendees will be able to view project information, including the anticipated timeline and traffic plans. Project staff will be present and available to answer questions. Who: Communit  more

COLOMA, Michigan, March 16 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will resume work to replace the I-196 culvert over Rogers Creek near Covert, Van Buren County. The multi-year, $9.2 million investment includes scour countermeasures and road rebuilding. County: Van Buren Highway: I-196 Closest city: Covert Start date: Monday, March 18, 2024 Estimated end date: Friday, Oct. 10, 20  more

SAGINAW, Michigan, March 16 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will invest $3.1 million to make improvements to signs and overhead sign structures, guardrails, and delineators along I-75, US-23 and M-13 in Bay and Arenac counties. County: Bay Arenac Highway: I-75 US-23 M-13 Closest cities: Standish Alger Au Gres Start date: Monday, March 18, 2024 Estimated end date: Fri  more

SAGINAW, Michigan, March 16 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will invest $1.6 million to modernize traffic signals on various routes at multiple intersections in Gratiot, Shiawassee, Tuscola, Bay, and Saginaw counties. County: Gratiot Shiawassee Tuscola Bay Saginaw Highway: US-127 M-46 M-71 M-81 M-15 Closest cities: Alma Bay City Saginaw Caro Owosso Start date: M  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 16 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will begin work on both directions of US-23 between M-36 and Lee Road in Livingston County, including: * Eastbound/westbound Silver Lake Road from Whitmore Lake Road to Fieldcrest Drive, * The northbound US-23 ramps Silver Lake Road, * The southbound US-23 ramps Silver Lake Road, and * The Silver Lake Road carpool Lot.  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 16 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The Michigan Public Service Commission today rejected applications by Consumers Energy Co. for early termination of power purchase agreements (PPAs) with biomass plant operators, finding that ending the contracts prematurely was not holistically considered in the state's electric capacity needs, posing a potential risk, and that calculated savings may be overestimated. Con  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Understanding how a thermonuclear flame spreads across the surface of a neutron star -- and what that spreading can tell us about the relationship between the neutron star's mass and its radius -- can also reveal a lot about the star's composition. Neutron stars -- the compact remnants of supernova explosions -- are found throughout the universe. Because most star  more