LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder Wednesday named a leading Detroit attorney with expertise in the regulatory world to head the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth, which will soon be renamed and restructured. With Steven Hilfinger, managing partner of the Foley and Lardner LLP law firm, taking the helm at DELEG, Snyder now has
LANSING - Raising the ante on the issue of building a new Detroit River international crossing, a top executive with the Ambassador Bridge company announced Wednesday that it would offer toll credits to the state to match federal funding. Matthew Moroun, a director of Centra Incorporated, which is the umbrella company for the Ambassador Bridge's
LANSING ? Gov. Rick Snyder delivered a budget surprise Monday when he announced his recommendation for the 2011-12 fiscal year budget will propose no cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates. Snyder will unveil his budget recommendation Thursday. Snyder administration officials have said it will propose no one-time sources of funds be used to close a $1.8
DETROIT - Buoyed by a $2 million warchest and no clear Republican challenger at the moment, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing) focused on economic issues during a speech to Democrat convention-goers on Saturday. It was only at the end of the speech Stabenow really referenced the upcoming 2012 election, where she is the top state
DETROIT - After facing perhaps the most overwhelming defeat in the modern history of the Michigan Democratic Party in 2010, the party will undergo a "top to bottom review" of how it does business, newly re-elected Chair Mark Brewer said Saturday. Brewer won a ninth term as party chair with a unanimous vote of the
LANSING - More responsiveness to the needs of struggling Michigan businesses and greater transparency were calls Republican lawmakers made to Michigan Economic Development Corporation officials on Tuesday. With the state struggling economically over the past 10 years, Rep. Jeff Farrington (R-Utica) put it straight to the new CEO Michael Finney by asking what the MEDC
ANN ARBOR - Most local officials do not think their workers are overpaid in terms of salary and wages, a study by the Center of Local, State and Urban Policy at the University of Michigan said. But many do think their workers get benefits that are more generous than the general public. The survey is
LANSING - Despite Michigan House Tax Policy chair Rep. Jud Gilbert's opposition to eliminating the Earned Income Tax Credit, it is still part of the tax incentive package, in all totaling $768 million, that House Speaker Jase Bolger said will be reviewed by lawmakers in the coming weeks. Gilbert (R-Algonac) said the committee will review
LANSING - In a significant executive order issued late Monday afternoon, Governor Rick Snyder took authority for the state's parole system out of the Executive Office and put that authority in the Department of Corrections by creating a new parole board. It was unclear if the impact of the order would make parole easier for
LANSING ? Gov. Rick Snyder sounded an Eisenhowerian message over the weekend when, during a televised interview, he declared, "I will go to China" when asked if he wanted to lead a trade mission to the country that has been a political hot potato in Michigan for some time. It was in the closing days