LANSING - Using some one-time money, reducing some proposed cuts and setting the stage for potential line-item vetoes, Governor Rick Snyder and Republican legislative leaders announced a target agreement for the 2011-12 fiscal year that essentially clears the way for the budget to be completed by May 31. Under the agreement, the effective cut to
LANSING - The revised Michigan film incentive program is expected to receive $25 million under the budget negotiations that have been ongoing the last two days, Gongwer News Service has learned. Governor Rick Snyder proposed replacing the film tax credit under the Michigan Business Tax, whose repeal will occur under the tax legislation Snyder will
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder and top legislative leaders have not yet reached a formal target agreement on the education aspects of the budget, but they are getting close, Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville said Wednesday morning. Richardville (R-Monroe) said he, House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall), Governor Rick Snyder, Lt. Governor Brian Calley and the
LANSING - All Michigan public employees would have to pay for at least 20 percent of the cost of their health benefits under legislation passed Wednesday by the Michigan Senate. The Senate, as expected since Republicans make up a two-thirds supermajority of the body, mustered the two-thirds majority needed to adopt the constitutional amendment SJR
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GRAND RAPIDS ? The Van Andel Research Institute Tuesday announced the creation of the VARI Pediatric Cancer Translational Research Program to identify the best treatment options for children based on the individual biology of their tumor, a process often referred to as personalized medicine. The program will unite basic research and clinical care through a
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Growth Authority Tuesday approved tax incentives for three companies choosing to expand or locate in Michigan, as well as three brownfield redevelopment projects. The approved projects are expected to generate nearly $182 million in new investment, and create a projected 661 direct jobs in communities across the state. ?The MEGA
DETROIT - Two Michigan state senators have introduced a bill to preserve tax credits for movie making in the state that would allow the state to award filmmakers tax credits of up to 42 percent for their production expenditures, instead of an absolute 40- or 42-percent. Senate Bill No. 383 was introduced Thursday by Sens.
LANSING - Revenues to the Michigan general and School Aid funds are up by a combined amount between roughly $500 million to $700 million for the 2011-12 fiscal year from what was estimated in January, according to forecasts released Friday by the House and Senate Fiscal agencies. There are some significant caveats the numbers. While
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Facebook has plugged a hole that was inadvertently providing advertisers and other third parties access to user accounts via tokens that serve as "spare keys," Symantec said today after disclosing the problem to the social-networking company. "Facebook was notified of this issue and has confirmed this leakage," Nishant Doshi, a senior software