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Report: No Evidence Of Hacking Voting Machines, Or Voter Fraud In 2016 Presidential Election

EAST LANSING - There is no evidence that indicates systematic tampering or hacking of voting machines, or conspiracy or fraud among election officials, resulted in vote tallies altered to favor the Republican candidate in Michigan in 2016, experts at the consulting firm Anderson Economic Group LLC reported this week. Anderson Economic Group also reported there

By |2017-01-31T22:05:57-05:00January 31st, 2017|Featured, Politics|

New Michigan House Energy Policy Chair Looks To Educate Members On Choice

LANSING - As Rep. Gary Glenn prepares to take over the Michigan House Energy Policy Committee, he is looking to better educate all members on the topic and move the state more toward choice in the market, whether that means total choice or incremental steps during the next two years. Glenn (R-Midland) has long been

By |2017-01-27T11:13:41-05:00January 27th, 2017|Politics|

Gongwer News Service Enhances Bill Tracking Reports

LANSING - Gongwer News Service Thursday announced enhancements to its bill tracking services that give subscribers more control over the display of personal comments tied to legislation. The changes improve subscribers' ability to generate personalized bill status reports that can be shared with members, clients, colleagues and others. All bill tracking and reporting features are

By |2017-01-27T09:39:34-05:00January 27th, 2017|Politics|

Michigan Treasury Online Streamlines Interactions For Businesses To File Taxes, Paperwork

LANSING - The Michigan Treasury website, after much tweaking for the past year, now offers Michigan businesses an easy option to pay taxes online with just a single log on and password, instead of multiple ones used in year’s past. Effective immediately, businesses can upload their W-2s and other wage statements, request fuel credit refunds

By |2017-01-21T09:43:57-05:00January 20th, 2017|Featured, Politics|

Ronna Romney McDaniel, Mitt Romney’s Niece, Elected Republican National Committee Chair

LANSING - Ronna Romney McDaniel, named by President-elect Donald Trump as his choice to become the Republican National Committee chair, was elected to that post Thursday in Washington, D.C. McDaniel was elected one day before Trump is sworn in as president. She succeeds Reince Priebus, who will become Trump's chief of staff. Addressing the Republican

By |2017-01-20T11:38:15-05:00January 20th, 2017|Politics|

Analysts See Slowed Investment, China Benefiting if Trump Moves to Tax Mexico-Made Autos

MEXICO CITY – A threat by President-elect Donald Trump to put a 35 percent tariff on imported goods produced by U.S. companies in Mexico may already be slowing investment in Mexico’s booming auto industry, according to a Mexico City-based analyst. In addition to a 35 percent tariff, Trump has called for renegotiating NAFTA, the free-trade

By |2017-01-13T10:38:55-05:00January 13th, 2017|Politics|

Capitol Needs $62.3 Million In Repairs, Upgrades

LANSING - The funding is not yet in place to perform the work, but the state Capitol will need $62.29 million in repairs, mostly to its mechanical systems, to remain functioning, contractors told the Capitol Commission at its meeting Monday. The commission agreed to move ahead with designing the 45 separate projects that would make

By |2017-01-10T20:01:48-05:00January 10th, 2017|Politics|

Michigan Pediatricians: Preserve Affordable Care Act Protections

LANSING - The Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday gathered to urge Congress to refrain from repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unless an alternative plan with the similar protections is established, Dr. Sharon Swindell, the president-elect of the Michigan chapter and a pediatrician in Ypsilanti, said 600,000 Michigan residents

By |2017-01-10T19:25:16-05:00January 10th, 2017|Featured, Politics|

New Talent, Economic Development Director Plans To Use Educational System To Recruit Talent

LANSING - Former Michigan International Speedway CEO Roger Curtis, appointed to director of the Department of Talent and Economic Development in December, is still developing goals for the department, but hopes to blend a lot of focus on the educational system, he told Gongwer News Service in a recent interview. Born in Indiana and spending

By |2017-01-10T18:44:43-05:00January 10th, 2017|Politics|

Michigan Public Service Commission Calls For More Info On Decision to Close Palisades Nuclear Power Plant

LANSING - The surprising announcement some two weeks ago that Consumers Energy would end an agreement to by electric power from the Palisades nuclear plan has led the Public Service Commission on Tuesday to call on the utility to provide additional information on its decision. In its call for more information, the PSC has also

By |2016-12-21T16:32:56-05:00December 21st, 2016|Clean Update, Politics|