LANSING - The full Michigan Senate will have another crack at legislation that would allow large-scale employers, in exchange for job creation, to keep a portion of the income tax generated by their new employees, as the bills unanimously cleared a Senate committee Thursday. The Senate Economic Development and International Investment Committee adopted a substitute
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP - Calling for both work and faith that "this city and this nation will once again shine with industrial might," President Donald Trump told auto executives and an audience largely made up of autoworkers in Ypsilanti Township that he will ensure any regulations dealing with the auto industry protect jobs in the United
GRAND RAPIDS - Luxury storage company California Closets is expanding to Cascade Charter Township with financial support from the Michigan Strategic Fund. The company is building a new facility in West Michigan to supply the Eastern United States and expects to generate more than $5.7 million in private investment and create 61 jobs in exchange
LANSING - The governor will have a director advisor on emergencies, natural or man-made, under a new executive order. The order (EO 2017-1), issued Wednesday but not publicized until Thursday, creates the position of homeland security advisor in the Department of State Police as well as a Homeland Protection Board to advise that person and to
LANSING - The two largest components of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget's executive budget request are for technology and cybersecurity work - items Department Director David Behen said Thursday could be beneficial for job growth and business attraction. "Cyber security has been one of our top priorities. It's only getting worse from a
LANSING - Michigan House Speaker Tom Leonard's unsuccessful 12-hour marathon session to roll back the income tax rate made matters for tax cut proposals more difficult going forward, Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof said Thursday, but the issue of an income tax cut isn't necessarily dead in his caucus. "There's discussion over here but again
LANSING - Department of Transportation Director Kirk Steudle said Thursday that the changes in the automated mobility sector in Michigan, since roughly a year ago when the Legislature was first considering legislation on the vehicles, have been "almost mind-boggling," detailing various partnerships across states and public as well as private entities. The legislation passed by
WASHINGTON DC - In a joint statement issued Monday by President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the two leaders said the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor will be a "vital economic link" between the United States and Canada. Trump becomes the third consecutive president to consider construction of the
LANSING - With increased but as of yet unsubstantiated talk of voter fraud from the administration of President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson last week sent Vice President Mike Pence a letter including a five-point plan to address the recent concerns with voting issues nationwide. Johnson's recommendations to the federal government, which she
DETROIT - Errors by election workers in Detroit led to problems in the number of ballots not lining up with the number of people recorded as having voted in scores of precincts, a Bureau of Elections audit released Thursday found, and as a result the bureau plans comprehensive training to assist the city in better
