LANSING ? Michigan House Republicans unveiled Thursday a plan to appropriate at least $450 million in 2015 on roads, but acknowledged that some of the provisions leave the General Fund "tight," and that has some people concerned. House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall) proposed taking the portion of the sales tax that now goes to the
LANSING - If Michigan wants to stop its slide in educational performance, it needs to be sure schools are using research-based education programs and it needs to provide the funds to fully implement those programs, the Education Trust-Midwest said in a report released Thursday. The report, Stalled to Soaring: Michigan's Path to Educational Recovery, put
LANSING - The Department of Community Health announced Thursday that a flash drive containing health information on 2,595 clients of the Long Term Care Ombudsman's Office had been stolen, potentially compromising the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of some of those people. The drive and a laptop were stolen from an employee of the
NOVI - ITC Holdings Corp. announced that it will host its 2014 Investor Day at its headquarters in Novi on April 15 from noon to approximately 2:30 p.m. EDT and be webcast live on ITC's website. Joseph L. Welch, chairman, president and CEO; Cameron M. Bready, executive vice president and CFO; Linda H. Blair, executive
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LANSING - More than 11,000 people applied for Medicaid on Tuesday, the first day where eligibility was expanded to those with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. State officials reported success in processing the applications through the Healthy Michigan website, but there were some technical glitches. A Gongwer News Service staff
LANSING - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was supposed to come up with recommendations for addressing the threat of invasive species crossing between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system, not merely a set of options, Attorney General Bill Schuette said in his formal comments on the Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study.
LANSING - Bills that would reduce taxes paid by companies that use an enhanced method of extracting oil were signed by Lt. Governor Brian Calley on Tuesday. Calley signed HB 4885 , now Public Act 82 of 2014, and HB 5254 , HB 5255 and HB 5274 , now Public Acts 83, 84 and 85
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder met with the top auto executives in Turin, Italy, on Tuesday during a luncheon sponsored by the Detroit Regional Chamber and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The delegation met with senior executives of Fiat, Comau, Amet, AEC Italia, SAET Group, Satiz, Reply, Co.Mec, Vigel S.p.a. and Teorosi Group as well
NN ARBOR - The Wolverine Venture Fund, managed by students at The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, announced it has invested in NeuMoDx Molecular Inc., a privately held diagnostics company developing a new platform for high throughput, low cost molecular testing.