LANSING - After two years of major budget cuts, tax changes and controversial policy changes, Governor Rick Snyder on Thursday proposed a 2013-14 budget of nearly $51 billion that attempts to master prudent growth and investing additional money into education while at the same time winning approval for some controversial transportation tax increases and creating
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder had said he would leave it up to the Legislature to decide how to pay for the added $1.2 billion, but as part of his budget proposal Thursday, he proposed a 33-cent per gallon fuel tax and specific registration increases to the mix of revenue sources. The proposal would average
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund would see a new $10 million Skilled Trades Training Program designed to help advance skilled trades such as engineering, IT or other vocational education under Governor Rick Snyder's proposed 2013-14 fiscal year budget. The program also would seek to help those already in the workforce, but in need of
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder proposed construction of a new State Emergency Operations Center as part of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget's 2013-14 fiscal year budget recommendation. Kurt Weiss, spokesperson for the department, said the old facility is no longer as secure as the department would like. "The funds would be to build
ADA- For the first time in 20 years, each of Amway's top 10 markets posted sales increases, led by double digit jumps in Columbia, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Turkey and Venezuela, contributing to record sales of $11.3 billion in 2012 for parent company, Alticor, up from $10.9 billion in 2011. The private company does
RESTON- U.S. retail e-commerce sales reached $186.2 billion, an increase of 15 percent ? the strongest annual growth rate since before the recession, comScore said in a report released Thursday. Q4 2012 sales grew 14 percent year-over-year to $56.8 billion, marking the first ever $50 billion quarter. It also represents the thirteenth consecutive quarter of
STERLING HEIGHTS - The Macomb-OU INCubator has been selected by the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to administer the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Federal Matching Program for the State of Michigan. DARPA was established in 1958 to maintain the technological superiority of the United States military. To accomplish this, DARPA supports revolutionary, high-payoff research, bridging
TROY - Southeast Michigan companies have made more than $220 million in export sales as a result of Automation Alley trade mission activities, Michigan's largest technology business association announced Thursday. These export sales have resulted in the creation or support of more than 1,200 manufacturing jobs. According to the International Trade Administration of the U.S.
GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University is hosting the Business Professionals of America's State Competition for Michigan college students Feb. 9. More than 200 students from colleges and universities across the state will be on Davenport's W.A. Lettinga Campus competing in more than 50 different business and technology competitive events. ?Business Professionals of America is a
ANN ARBOR - Citizen satisfaction with e-government remains near an all-time high and continues to outperform the satisfaction with the federal government overall, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Government Satisfaction Index. The E-Government Satisfaction Index dips slightly to a 75 on the study?s 100-point scale from 75.3, which is far above the overall