ABOARD THE SNYDER CAMPAIGN BUS - Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder has had a message for groups and organizations representing interests in Lansing as he has met with them in recent months about his expectations should he become the state's next governor. "Do not walk in my office and ask for funding," Snyder said in
LANSING - With Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder consistently hammering Democratic opponent Virg Bernero in polls, the Republican Party is looking for his win in the governor's race to help it take back control of the House, pad its majority in the Senate and sweep competitive races in the U.S. House, said Republican Party Chair
LANSING - A new poll appears to refute suggestions that U.S. Rep. John Dingell is in imminent danger of losing re-election. In the 3rd District around Grand Rapids, the poll showed Justin Amash leading, but the 46-37 split gives him less than a majority and puts Democrat Pat Miles inside the margin of error for
DETROIT ? On October 5, Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a tax amnesty program that provides for a 45-day period beginning May 15, 2011, through June 30, 2011, for taxes administered by the Michigan Department of Treasury due before January 1, 2010. During the Michigan Amnesty period, the Department may waive criminal and civil penalties for
MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP - Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said Friday that if he wins the governorship, he will resign the one or two corporate boards on which he now sits and transfer his ownership of his businesses to others. "I've got a new day job then," Snyder said of why he would resign his corporate
LANSING - Republican Rick Snyder has support from more than half of voters in the state, according to a poll released Friday by Foster, McCollum, White and Associates and Baydoun Consulting. The survey showed 53.88 percent of voters at least leaning toward voting for Snyder, while Democrat Virg Bernero had support from only 32.52 percent.
LANSING - Governor Jennifer Granholm's veto Tuesday of $246 million in federal money for K-12 schools because of the way the Legislature distributed the money to districts likely means those schools with lower per pupil funding will receive more than they would have. Granholm signed HB 5872 (PA 205), which overall had $316 million in
LANSING - A top senator said Tuesday after Governor Jennifer Granholm vetoed a bill that would have made wide-ranging changes to liquor laws, including legalizing Sunday liquor sales before noon, that the Senate "most likely will not revisit the issue." Granholm's veto of HB 6007 , first reported by Gongwer News Service, came as a
FARMINGTON HILLS - The Detroit chapter of TiE (Talent, Ideas, Enterprise) announced Monday that Kanwal Rekhi, managing director at Inventus Capital Partners, will deliver a keynote speech at TiECon Midwest 2010 Oct. 28-29 at The Henry in Dearborn. "Kanwal Rekhi is a celebrated entrepreneur, a well known angel investor in Silicon Valley and a founding
LANSING - Immediate reaction to the one televised debate between the two candidates for governor coalesced around the idea that Democrat Virg Bernero did not get enough of a bounce to challenge the lead in the polls enjoyed by Republican Rick Snyder. However, one Democratic observer said the comments Bernero made about the company Snyder