LANSING - Legislation that would provide stronger penalties for identity theft is expected to be queued up for votes in the House this week as lawmakers in both chambers return for four scheduled weeks of session. The 12-bill package is sponsored by members of both parties and includes HB 4325 , HB 4326 , HB
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm made public her proposed solution to the 2009-10 and 2010-11 budgets on Tuesday, calling for a 1-cent per bottle tax on bottled water, extending the sales tax to tickets for live entertainment and a 25-cent per pack increase in the cigarette tax. Granholm's much-anticipated proposal, coming after she took weeks
LANSING - Wages, measured in real terms, have dropped for all Michigan workers during the last three decades, but for black workers wages have fallen by nearly 25 percent. That is the conclusion of a report issued for the Labor Day weekend by the Michigan League for Human Services. The report also said that while
LANSING ? Michigan House Democrats huddled for about five hours Wednesday, receiving a detailed update about where the budget stands, how much revenue certain tax increases could raise and discussing their options, but caucus leaders did not present a concrete plan. Meeting at the Radisson Hotel Lansing behind closed doors, sources, speaking on condition of
LANSING - A bill to provide up to $100 million in tax credits to firms that have offered to build an advanced battery and solar energy complex on the site of the shuttered Ford Motor Company Wixom plant won easy approval Wednesday from the Michigan House. With the 90-17 vote, HB 5275 goes to the
PARIS - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Thursday said the global economy is emerging from its worst slump since Second World War faster than it had forecast only three months ago. In a twice-yearly update to its main economic forecasts, the OECD said the drag on growth from the drawdown on inventories appears
BEDFORD, Mass. - iRobot Corp. Tuesday announced that it received its biggest order ever from the military, a $35.3 million contract from the U.S. Army TACOM Contracting Center in Warren to build nearly 500 special robots that pick up and identify improvised explosive devices. The order falls under the $286 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - eBay announced Tuesday that it is selling its Skype unit to an investor group that includes Netscape founder Marc Andreessen's new venture. Under the deal, eBay will receive approximately $1.9 billion in cash and a note from the buyer in the principal amount of $125 million, for a total of $2.025
LANSING - Although economic conditions in Michigan are not as bad as they were even a few months ago, more residents see their situation declining, according to the most recent State of the State Survey. The majority of Michigan residents are worse off now than they were a year ago, but that number is smaller
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm gave state employee unions 30 days notice Friday of possible layoffs due to the lack of a completed budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year that starts October 1. Although the governor's office stressed that it was only following contractual obligation in notifying employees of layoffs and has no plans of