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Chrysler Awarded $4.5 Million By State, Commits Another 700 Jobs In Michigan

LANSING - Fiat Chrysler on Tuesday was awarded a Michigan Business Development Program grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund to the tune of $4.5 million in exchange for the creation of 700 jobs when it begins production of the next-generation Ram 1500 pickup truck at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant. In July, the company announced

By |2016-09-27T21:10:15-04:00September 27th, 2016|Featured, News, Politics|

Audit Cites Treasury For Lack Of Business Tax Follow-Up

LANSING - The Michigan Department of Treasury Business Tax Division was not ensuring that businesses were filing all the necessary tax forms and was not following up when forms were tagged for errors, a report from Auditor General Doug Ringler said. The performance audit of the Corporate Income Tax and Michigan Business Tax in the

By |2016-09-23T12:45:03-04:00September 23rd, 2016|Politics|

Tesla Files Lawsuit Challenging Michigan’s Auto Franchise Sales Law – Wants To Sell Direct

LANSING - The showdown between Tesla Motors Incorporated and the state about whether the company can sell its vehicles in Michigan without a franchise dealer agreement, brewing for years, is on with the company filing a lawsuit Thursday. Tesla filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Western Michigan one week after the Department

By |2016-09-23T12:08:18-04:00September 23rd, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Politics|

Michigan Unemployment Rate Unchanged, Total Employment Down

LANSING - Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged in August from July at 4.5 percent, but the state saw both its total labor force and number of people working fall in August. Governor Rick Snyder still praised the news, saying Michigan's jobless rate is below the national August unemployment rate of 4.9 percent. "As

By |2016-09-15T14:00:26-04:00September 15th, 2016|News, Politics|

MPSC Report: Michigan’s Net Metering Program Grows 20 Percent In 2015

LANSING - Michigan’s net metering and solar program increased 20 percent in 2015 from the year before, reports a new study released Monday by the Michigan Public Service Commission Monday. Under a net metering program, when customers produce electric energy in excess of their needs, power is provided back to the serving utility, permitting the

By |2016-09-12T20:55:01-04:00September 12th, 2016|Clean Update, Featured, Politics|

Michigan Public Service Commission Approves UPPCo Rate Increase, But Customers To See Refund.

LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday authorized the Upper Peninsula Power Company to increase its electric rates, but by an amount 30.4 percent lower than the utility had requested. Also, because the final amount approved ($4,647,975 annually) is lower than the more than $6.2 million the utility self-implemented in March, the PSC said

By |2016-09-09T11:28:20-04:00September 9th, 2016|Clean Update, Politics|

Michigan Straight Ticket Voting Lives As Supreme Court Declines State’s Appeal

LANSING - Michigan voters will continue to be able to choose a party’s slate of candidates with a single mark on the ballot following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the state’s appeal of a lower court ruling preventing the new law eliminating the straight ticket option from taking effect. The high court’s

By |2016-09-09T11:28:21-04:00September 9th, 2016|Featured, Politics|

Circuit Court Of Appeals Refuses To Hold Hearing On Michigan Straight-Ticket Voting Ban

LANSING - The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday refused to hold a hearing en banc on a stay of Michigan's straight-ticket voting ban, which raises the possibility the issue may not be resolved until after the November election. A dissent in the split-decision on whether to hear the appeal indicated that without

By |2016-09-02T09:52:12-04:00September 2nd, 2016|Politics|

Dark Corpora Problem – Lobbyists’ “Model” State Legislation Unmasked By U-M Researchers

ANN ARBOR - Since 2005, about two dozen states have created "Stand Your Ground" laws authorizing deadly force in self-defense. And nearly all of those laws have similar language. So, how did that happen? They all shared an author: The American Legislative Exchange Council drafted "model" legislation and lobbied states to pass it. This tactic

By |2016-08-28T17:38:52-04:00August 28th, 2016|News, Politics|

Poll Shows Clinton Leading Trump By 7 Points In Michigan

LANSING - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump in Michigan according to a new poll in which 44 percent of those surveyed said they support Clinton compared to 37 percent backing Trump. The poll, conducted by Suffolk University, included all other minor party candidates who have qualified for the ballot, with 5

By |2016-08-26T11:14:59-04:00August 26th, 2016|Politics|