LANSNG - Michigan Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof would be supportive of eliminating the Earned Income Tax Credit, and he believes a majority of his caucus would be too, but that doesn't mean the House bill permitting such is primed for passage this week, Meekhof's spokesperson said Monday. "Right now, we're not specifically identifying any
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Monday adopted recommendations made by its staff in its April 30 report on circumstances of a natural gas shut-off in Hazel Park where hypothermia was reported to be a possible contributing factor in a death occurring there. Specifically, the Commission directed all PSC staff, regulated gas and electric
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder is in Montreal to discuss boosting trade relations with Canada, Michigan's largest trade partner. Snyder moved to the largest French-speaking city outside of Paris after meeting with the Great Lakes governors and premiers over the weekend in Quebec City. During his visit to the city, Snyder is to meet with
ROMULUS - What's the secret to success for multi-billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson? When he starts what has ballooned to 400 companies in his Virgin Group he always hires a great person to run the day-to-day operations freeing him to explore new business and revenue opportunities, he said Thursday during a news conference at Detroit
INDIANAPOLIS - Nearly 40,000 industrial technology maintenance jobs remain open in Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee prompting the National Institute for Metalworking Skills and Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, Ivy Tech Community College to develop a new training program to fill these jobs. "Manufacturing enterprises, especially those serving the defense and transportation sectors, continue to
SAN FRANCISCO - A December breach of government systems containing personal information of millions of federal employees - suspected to be the work of China - was worse than originally thought. A union of federal workers said Thursday that the attack, announced last week, had stolen confidential information of every single federal employee, past or
MOSCOW - A spokesman for Kaspersky Lab said Wednesday its systems had been attacked, most likely by hackers working on behalf of a country. But Kaspersky's customer's data is safe, the company said. The sophisticated attack stayed away from user information and focused instead on Kapersky's own systems and intellectual property, the company told CNET.Com.
FARMINGTON HILLS - VideoMeeting, a new cloud-based video collaboration product, wants to buy you a cup of coffee if you participate in a one-month beta test. With VideoMeeting, users can: Share your presentation, document or spreadsheet quickly and easily in a collaborative environment. Share your screen instantly with anyone across the globe. Without downloading or
EAST LANSING - Oregon, Louisiana and North Carolina have the lowest tax burdens of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, while Alaska, North Dakota and West Virginia the highest, so says Anderson Economic Group's 2015 Business Tax Burden Rankings. Michigan improved from 28th in the survey a year ago to 23rd today. This
LANSING - What seems like a relatively mundane change - altering the definition of a wind turbine in several tax laws - has prompted a significant battle pitting energy groups on one side and local governments and public school districts on the other. Rep. Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton) introduced HB 4570, HB 4571, HB 4572 and