LANSING - Income tax collections in Michigan and most states have plummeted by 26 percent over the last year due to the severity of the recession, a study by the Nelson Rockefeller Institute of Government in New York said. Michigan's tax returns were even worse than the national average, falling by 34.4 percent from April
LANSING - Michigan Senate leaders plan to put the House-passed versions of legislation that could allow the North American International Auto Show to remain at Cobo Center into a conference committee, perhaps as early as Tuesday. But after a series of conference calls on Monday on the House versions of SB 587 and HB 4998
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer wants to make it clear that student entrepreneurs can pursue their inventions on campus without concern that the University will later try to claim ownership. That's why the office is making several changes to its Technology Transfer Policy. The most significant change clarifies the
SAN FRANCISCO - Parents have yet another reason for a long, hard talk with their kids. More than half of teens admit to using the Internet to cheat, a new poll shows, while 35 percent say they've used their cell phones. The results were released Thursday by Common Sense Media, which commissioned research firm Benenson
WASHINGTON DC - As advertising has slumped amid the recession, online ad networks have found themselves in a hard place. Now they may be pushed up against a regulatory rock. On Thursday, House of Representatives subcommittees on communication and consumer protection plan to hold a joint hearing to discuss online advertising and privacy. The lawmakers
LANSING - Members of the Legislative Commission on Government Efficiency began looking at some preliminary recommendations it would make to the Legislature - some of which the Legislature has started looking at on its own, such as eliminating the Michigan Promise Grant - and considering some of the nuances of how it presents those recommendations.
LANSING - The Michigan House had its say on the status of transferring Cobo Center to a regional authority on Thursday by passing two bills that would allow for a lease agreement between Detroit and the authority. As was the original legislative deal, which died after the Detroit City Council rejected it, hotel-motel and liquor
LANSING - A two-bill package changing up how the Michigan Strategic Fund could invest 21st Century Jobs Fund dollars began its trip in the Legislature Wednesday via a hearing before the House New Economic and Quality of Life Committee. The panel considered, but did not vote on, HB 5099 and HB 5100, which had just
EAST LANSING - Phil Powers, former newspaper mogul, serial entrepreneur and angel investor, says Michigan's political and policy system is broken. So now he's leading the citizen agenda for Michigan's transformation. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
GRAND RAPIDS - Some 3000 new jobs are coming to West Michigan through the expansion of Foremost Insurance Group and the Roskam Baking contract food supplier, twin announcement heralded Tuesday. Farmers Insurance Group plans to bring 1600 jobs to it�??s the Farmers complex in Caledonia Township, part of an $84.4 million expansion. It may be