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Vehicle Innovation Act Focused On Clean Vehicle, Advanced Safety Tech Reintroduced

Vehicle Innovation Act Focused On Clean Vehicle, Advanced Safety Tech Reintroduced

WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) are reintroducing the bipartisan Vehicle Innovation Act to encourage investments in research and development of clean vehicle and advanced safety technologies to increase fuel efficiency and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. In the 114th Congress, Senators Peters, Alexander and

By Staff Writer|2017-05-18T20:03:17-04:00May 18th, 2017|Auto Tech, Politics|

Barracuda Networks To Expand In Ann Arbor With $750,000 State Grant

Barracuda Networks To Expand In Ann Arbor With $750,000 State Grant

LANSING – Barracuda Networks is expanding in Ann Arbor with support from the Michigan Strategic Fund and Ann Arbor SPARK, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced Thursday. “Barracuda’s investment means Michigan residents will have good job opportunities that could well have gone to other states,” said Steve Arwood, CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation,

By Mike Brennan|2017-05-19T13:41:42-04:00May 18th, 2017|News, Politics|

FCC Approves Plan To Roll Back Net Neutrality Rules – Major Political Battle Looms

FCC Approves Plan To Roll Back Net Neutrality Rules – Major Political Battle Looms

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved a plan to begin rolling back Obama-era net neutrality rules, reopening a battle over internet regulation that has raged for much of the last decade, the Wall Street Journal reported. The agency’s Republican commissioners pushed through the measure, 2-1, overriding opposition from the panel’s lone Democrat. The commission

By The Wall Street Journal|2017-05-18T18:07:42-04:00May 18th, 2017|News, Politics|

AFL-CIO Report: Report Claims CEO Pay Nearly 400 Times Production Worker Pay

AFL-CIO Report: Report Claims CEO Pay Nearly 400 Times Production Worker Pay

LANSING - A report issued Wednesday by the AFL-CIO shows that chief executives for Michigan companies made 391 times the average pay for non-supervisory staff in 2016. The Executive PayWatch Report showed the average compensation for CEOs of Michigan S&P 500 companies was $14.71 million last year, compare $37,600 for production and other non-supervisory staff.

By Gongwer|2017-05-11T18:22:36-04:00May 11th, 2017|Politics|

Michigan Senate GOP Rejects Moving $542 Million In Reserved Funds To Repair Michigan Roads

Michigan Senate GOP Rejects Moving $542 Million In Reserved Funds To Repair Michigan Roads

LANSING - The Michigan Senate saw little controversy in moving its final budget bills Thursday outside of Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. calling for the savings from the other budgets being used for road construction. But, in the end, the most Senate opposition came on the higher education budget (SB 138), which passed 22-15, and the

By Gongwer|2017-05-04T21:32:40-04:00May 4th, 2017|Politics|

Michigan Congressional Delegation Votes Party Lines To Repeal Obamacare

Michigan Congressional Delegation Votes Party Lines To Repeal Obamacare

WASHINGTON DC - All nine Republicans in Michigan's U.S. House delegation voted for the federal health care bill that would repeal many of the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act like the penalty tax for those without coverage, reduce taxes on high-income earners and dramatically alter Medicaid coverage for the poor with

By Gongwer|2017-05-04T21:32:40-04:00May 4th, 2017|Featured, Politics|

State Agencies Need To Work Together To Foster Career, Technical Education

State Agencies Need To Work Together To Foster Career, Technical Education

LANSING - If career and technical education programs are going to gain the recognition that state leaders want, everyone involved needs to change how they talk about those programs, Governor Rick Snyder, Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Whiston and Talent and Economic Development Director Roger Curtis said in various presentations to the Governor's Education and

By Mike Brennan|2017-04-27T16:44:59-04:00April 27th, 2017|Politics|

Legislation Approved To Let Developers Capture Some Tax From Brownfield Development Sites

Legislation Approved To Let Developers Capture Some Tax From Brownfield Development Sites

LANSING - On Wednesday, legislation that would allow Michigan developers to capture a portion of sales, use and income taxes to redevelop brownfield sites through projects deemed transformational to the community was approved by a House committee. SB 111, SB 112, SB 113, SB 114 and SB 115 cleared the House Tax Policy Committee on

By Mike Brennan|2017-04-27T16:34:53-04:00April 27th, 2017|Politics|

Partisanship Rules Consumer Sentiment In March

Partisanship Rules Consumer Sentiment In March

ANN ARBOR - The continued strength in consumer sentiment has been due to optimistic views on three critical components: higher incomes and wealth, more favorable job prospects, and low inflation expectations. All of these factors, however, have been influenced by partisanship, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Democrats expect an imminent recession,

By Mike Brennan|2017-04-27T14:59:07-04:00April 27th, 2017|Politics|

Michigan Treasury Will Work With Taxpayers Who Missed April 18 Tax Deadline

Michigan Treasury Will Work With Taxpayers Who Missed April 18 Tax Deadline

LANSING - Michigan taxpayers who missed the Tuesday, April 18, state individual income tax filing deadline have options for filing a late return, according to the Michigan Department of Treasury. “Late filers should file all income tax returns that are due,” said Deputy Treasurer Glenn White, head of Treasury’s Tax Administration Group. “If a taxpayer

By Staff Writer|2017-04-27T14:24:51-04:00April 26th, 2017|Politics|