Michigan Technology related politics
HOUGHTON - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has approved a 15-year extension in funding for the Michigan Tech Enterprise Corporation SmartZone, a nonprofit business and technology incubator comprising the cities of Houghton and Hancock. The new authorization extends support of the MTEC SmartZone to 2032. Part of the requirement for an extension was to create
LANSING - Michigan House Speaker Tom Leonard's unsuccessful 12-hour marathon session to roll back the income tax rate made matters for tax cut proposals more difficult going forward, Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof said Thursday, but the issue of an income tax cut isn't necessarily dead in his caucus. "There's discussion over here but again
WASHINGTON DC - In a joint statement issued Monday by President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the two leaders said the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor will be a "vital economic link" between the United States and Canada. Trump becomes the third consecutive president to consider construction of the
LANSING - With increased but as of yet unsubstantiated talk of voter fraud from the administration of President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson last week sent Vice President Mike Pence a letter including a five-point plan to address the recent concerns with voting issues nationwide. Johnson's recommendations to the federal government, which she
LANSING - Companies based in Michigan's border counties could receive a business incentive by hiring employees who don't necessarily live in Michigan under legislation passed in the Senate Thursday. The incentive - grants, loans or other economic assistance to qualified business based on a review by the Michigan Strategic Fund - is through the Michigan
DETROIT - Errors by election workers in Detroit led to problems in the number of ballots not lining up with the number of people recorded as having voted in scores of precincts, a Bureau of Elections audit released Thursday found, and as a result the bureau plans comprehensive training to assist the city in better
LANSING - Businesses located in Michigan in border communities would be permitted to count as a "qualified new job" individuals who reside out-of-state or in Canada when applying for economic assistance from the 21st Century Investment Programs and Activities under legislation reported by a Senate committee Thursday. SB 40 is a reintroduction of a bill
ANN ARBOR - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said it will conduct a preliminary examination of a large dioxane plume in and around Ann Arbor that has gotten in the surface water system to establish if it would qualify for federal Superfund status. The Chicago office of the EPA notified local officials and the
LANSING - Michigan’s Chief Economist Jay Wortley is retiring effective Feb. 28, after 36 years of state government service. He will be replaced by Eric Bussis who also will serve as director of the Office of Revenue and Tax Analysis. Wortley serves as the director of the Michigan Department of Treasury’s Office of Revenue and
LANSING - Current utility projects under way now should result in Michigan's electric reliability remaining strong through the summer of 2018, according to a new modeling effort completed by the Michigan Agency for Energy and the Michigan Public Service Commission in collaboration with the Midcontinent Independent System Operator. Officials noted, however, that developing additional resources
