LANSING - In a meeting marked by alarms over lost revenue and confrontational politics, the Michigan House Tax Policy Committee gave unanimous approval Thursday to a bill easing the tax liability for a wide array of companies under the Michigan Business Tax. Discussions were to continue over how to replace the lost revenue - some
LANSING - The Great Lakes Compact and ensuing water withdrawal legislation are officially out of the hands of the Legislature as the House wrapped up its work on the legislation Thursday. That follows work completed by the Senate the day prior on the legislative package. The House concurred in Senate changes to the bills and
LANSING - Ten years after Michigan's Department of State launched online renewal for vehicle and watercraft license plates, some 4.6 million online transactions have been recorded, including more than 4.4 million vehicles. Records continue to be set as more people choose to do business with the department online. In March, there were 95,808 vehicle and
LANSING - Michigan Legislative leaders and the governor approved target figures for the 2008-09 budget Wednesday, which include a 2 percent increase to revenue sharing as well as a slight hike for the state's community colleges and public universities, with conference committee work beginning early Thursday. The agreement calls for across-the-board decreases for departmental budgets.
BATTLE CREEK - Battle Creek Unlimited, a business development and funding group, has announced a partnership that will help start-up businesses in southwestern Michigan get up and running. BCU in partnership with Factotem, a business accelerator and design-build company, will build a virtual business incubator. The incubator will provide a comprehensive array of tools, links,
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan Strategic Alliance has named Ken Freestone full-time Green Infrastructure Project Manager. Freestone had been interim project manager since January. Freestone had the full support of the Green Infrastructure Leadership Council, a group of 30 individuals representing various organizations and interests from the eight-county West Michigan region who are leading
LANSING �?? Michigan Senate members could act on legislation changing utility regulation this week, but it was unclear how big a chance there was that action would in fact take place. Indications from the office of Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) were that chances for action this week were "slim." However, at least one
AUBURN HILLS - Patrick Fetterman, vice president of marketing for factory automation software specialist Plexus Systems, is a finalist in the 2008 Platinum Award program sponsored by the Marketing and Sales Executives of Detroit. As a finalist in the individual award category, Fetterman was selected from a record-breaking number of entries. He is recognized for
ANN ARBOR - NanoBio Corp. has been named to the annual FierceBiotech Fierce 15 list, designating the University of Michigan spin off as one of the top biotechnology companies in the country. NanoBio has developed a rich pipeline of anti-infective lotions and vaccines to combat a diverse range of bacteria, viruses and fungi, from MRSA
DETROIT - AT&T on Tuesday announced a suite of content delivery and digital media solutions to help companies package, deliver and distribute video and rich multimedia Web content across their networks to the three screens that are core to AT&T's multimedia strategy - the computer, the television and mobile computing devices such as the iPhone