LANSING - Conversations with Foxconn Technology Group over locating a plant in the state are continuing and a large incentive package is necessary to remain competitive for such large projects, Jeff Mason, the chief executive officer of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, said this week. Michigan missed out on an initial multibillion dollar plant that's
LANSING - A business group announced a legal challenge Tuesday in the Court of Appeals over the Public Service Commission's decision to allow for a local clearing requirement for energy providers beginning in 2022. The Michigan Association of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity filed a claim of appeal to the Court of Appeals earlier this month.
LANSING - Michigan Senate Oversight Committee members heard from the director of the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget during a hearing to weigh reporting a recommendation on his confirmation to the full Senate. Referring to himself as "an advocate of public service," David DeVries told lawmakers Thursday he'd accepted the appointment from Governor Rick
LANSING - Michigan had offered Foxconn Technology Group some $3.76 billion in incentives for the plant it lost to Wisconsin and another $3.06 billion for a yet-to-be-announced plan, according to letters to the company. But both of those incentives were reduced by the final language of the Good Jobs for Michigan package (SB 242, SB 243 and SB
LANSING - Michigan's 2016-17 fiscal year officially ends Saturday, and state budget officials expect a quiet close to the year. There are no urgent transfers or last minute adjustments needed, officials said. The state expects departments to lapse unspent funds, but an estimate on the amount is not yet available. One official said lapses "look
LANSING - Michigan Senate Republicans expressed frustration with operations within the Department of Environmental Quality earlier this month in a letter to Governor Rick Snyder asking for his office to restore a mindset of being more responsive to customers to the agency. Nearly all 27 Senate Republicans signed on to the September 6 letter to Snyder, in
LANSING - All but one of Michigan’s labor markets saw unemployment fall in August, but 16 of the 17 also saw their workforce decline, the Department of Technology, Management and Budget said in a report Thursday. The majority of the markets also saw higher unemployment rates last month than they did in August 2016, the
LANSING - With changes required to take place starting in April 2018 for some Healthy Michigan enrollees who will have to get coverage in a new marketplace arrangement that includes a health care savings vehicle, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is calling for comments on its plan. Titled the Healthy Michigan Plan Second
LANSING - State energy industry regulators said Thursday their top priority in the coming months is to continue implementation of new comprehensive energy laws passed late last year and don't expect to see much in the way of major initiatives coming before the Legislature this fall. "It's a huge amount of work with a lot
LANSING - Long-term employment projections show the state will see 7.4 percent job growth over a 10-year period, according to a report done by the state's Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives. The long-term industry employment projections reported in the past week say the state will see 0.7 percent job growth annually from
