WASHINGTON DC - Whether the bailout of General Motors and Chrysler Corporation was proper was back in the headlights of Michigan politics as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney charged the bailout was an example of "crony capitalism," but top Democrats, including former Governor Jennifer Granholm, said Romney was stabbing the state in the back. All
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder proposed a major overhaul of the capital outlay process and recommended a 3-percent increase to public universities operations. Snyder said the 18 projects in the pipeline, split between universities and community colleges, are recommended to still go ahead, at a cost of $613 million. He said his proposed new system
LANSING - A bill aimed at stopping elected officials from casting votes over the phone or an Internet video service is headed to the House floor after being reported from the House Oversight, Reform and Ethics Committee on Tuesday. HB 5335 , sponsored by Rep. Richard LeBlanc (D-Westland), aims to clarify the Open Meetings Act
LANSING - Recent changes to the state's tax system will reduce the overall tax burden compared to other states, but will still leave the state slightly more heavily reliant on property taxes and will shift the income tax burden toward individuals, the Citizens Research Council said in a report released Monday. The report, 2009 Tax
LANSING - To replace aging computer systems across state government, Governor Rick Snyder recommended the Department of Technology, Management and Budget receive $50 million to begin the process. The fiscal year 2012-13 budget recommendation totals $1.1 billion ($384 million in general fund). That represents an 8 percent increase from the current year's appropriation overall and
LANSING - In a marked difference from the dramatic changes announced with the 2011-12 budget a year ago, Governor Rick Snyder on Thursday outlined a proposal for the 2012-13 budget that he said would build on the actions of the past 12 months and continue to help lead the state get more jobs. Snyder, joined
LANSING - The state's economic development efforts would continue to receive the same amount of funding as the current fiscal year, but Governor Rick Snyder has added more money for arts and cultural grants under the 2012-13 budget outlined Thursday. The state's business and economic gardening program, which replaced a tax credit system under the
DETROIT - Mobile Monday Michigan announced the mobile technology education and networking group's expansion in Mid-Michigan with the launch of a new chapter, Mobile Monday Lansing. Mobile Monday Michigan is the state?s branch of the Helsinki, Finland-based International Mobile Monday organization. MoMoMichigan is sponsored state-wide by the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, the state?s non-profit
LANSING - With Congress failing to act and more states finding a way to fix what they see as a big loophole that allows online retailers to avoid charging a state sales tax, proponents in Michigan say the time for the Legislature to act is now. "While Michigan waits, other states have taken action to
LANSING - After recently announcing its expansion into multiple Regions across the United States, Storm On Demand, the cloud hosting arm of managed hosting provider Liquid Web, has made updates that let users work on a variety of operating systems. Offering the feel of a traditional server with the flexibility and convenience of Cloud Hosting,