LANSING - Michigan's online chronicling of federal stimulus dollars ranks Fifteenth in the country according to a Washington, D.C.-based group, but the state is lacking when it comes to disclosing how many jobs the money has created. Good Jobs First, a policy resource center that promotes corporate and government accountability in economic development, compared the
LANSING - If you have been convicted of child pornography or sexual contact with a child, you should not have access to Internet sites children frequent, said Attorney General Mike Cox and a group of Republican legislators Wednesday. Legislation to be introduced in both the House and the Senate would make it a crime for
ANN ARBOR - Americans are apparently quite happy with their Internet search options. That's the conclusion reached by a survey of U.S. consumers conducted earlier this year by the American Customer Satisfaction Index. The Internet portals and search engines category - made up of Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft - scored an 83 on the index,
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Growth Authority has two more standard tax credits to offer between now and the end of the year after it reassigned two remaining high-tech credits. The board agreed Tuesday to reassign credits for Compact Power Incorporated and Johnson Controls from standard to high-tech, essentially using up the remaining high-tech and
LANSING - Reducing the state's tax credit for filmmakers will crush the budding industry in Michigan, those working in the field said at a Capitol rally Tuesday. Talk continues to swirl that Gov. Jennifer Granholm and lawmakers are looking at curbing the credit, which allows a 40 percent tax credit on productions filmed in the
DETROIT - Autoline Daily has learned that the American auto industry faces a steel shortage that could hurt automakers just as they plan to boost production. When automakers began cutting production late last year steel demand plummeted and many steel mills slowly closed down, and now there's a shortage. It can take an integrated steel
DETROIT - Well, we're not exactly signing "Happy Days Are Here Again" but we might be humming a few bars in the near future. A number of automakers are boosting car production, hiring back workers, and adding overtime to the production schedule. Ford, Chrysler and Toyota are cranking-up the assembly lines to provide dealers with
LANSING - Proposals to raise the cigarette tax and tax entertainment tickets are far less likely to be sources of new revenue than the elimination of tax exemptions and restricting of tax credits, sources said Friday. News reports this week said Gov. Jennifer Granholm is proposing a 25-cent per pack increase in the cigarette tax
LANSING - The Michigan Chamber of Commerce has created a litigation center aimed at helping win cases that affect businesses in the state, and the first case the center may be involved in is a U.S. Supreme Court case involving the state's campaign finance law. The Michigan Chamber Litigation Center is "another tool in the
LANSING - Wednesday was the day for groups to get their comments into House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Twp.) regarding his proposal to pool all public employees under one insurance plan, and the leader said he would use the input into crafting his final proposal in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, some groups submitting comments continued