LANSING - Election Day is getting closer, but Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero still can't seem to dent Republican Rick Snyder's huge lead in the polls. A couple weeks ago, a Bernero campaign internal poll purportedly showed the candidate within 12 points, cutting Snyder's lead in half. However, leaked internal polling should be taken with
MARQUETTE ? Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said the state's tourism Pure Michigan marketing campaign would be fully funded under his Value for Money budgeting proposal, which would prioritize state spending to those programs that return value to taxpayers and would eliminate the annual status-quo budgeting process that often times lacks rhyme or reason. Snyder
LANSING - An online publication that focuses on business and investing has ranked Michigan 47th overall in terms of management, citing factors like its drop in home value, its credit rating and crime rate, but a spokesperson for Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the study done by 247wallstreet dealt largely with factors that had nothing to
LANSING - All Michigan school districts would receive a one-time payment of $154 per pupil, plus an additional $23 to $46 per pupil depending on their current funding level under a bill that cleared the Legislature on Wednesday that spends the $316 million in federal money designed to preserve public school employee jobs. The bill
LANSING ? Under the state worker retirement incentive passed by the Michigan Legislature on Thursday, state employees who are currently eligible to retire, have a combined age and years of service of 80, or have 30 years of service can apply for the pension multiplier once the governor signs the bill into law. Workers who
LANSING - Value for money budgeting is not just a different concept to how the state spends its revenue; it is the essential intellectual element to how the state has to reorient itself to rebuild its economy with a focus on measurable results, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said during an interview with Gongwer News
LANSING - A spokesperson for Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said Monday that Snyder's plan remains to seek repeal of the Michigan Business Tax and replace it with a 6 percent tax on corporate profits. The Detroit News reported Monday that Snyder had classified the 6 percent rate as a "goal" not his firm proposal.
ANN ARBOR - Republican Rick Snyder spent $7.6 million to win his party's gubernatorial primary, and Democrat Virg Bernero has the public funding system to thank for his campaign avoiding serious money troubles. Snyder reported $504,668 on hand as of August 23, according to campaign finance reports filed Thursday reflecting through that date. But Snyder
EAST LANSING ? Another poll of Michigan voters released Tuesday shows Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder leading Democrat challenger Virg Bernero by nearly 2-to-1. The poll of 600 likely voters by Mitchell Research & Communication of East Lansing found Snyder ahead among men (61%-23%), women (46%-28%) and independents (54%-13%). It was conducted August 25-29, and
LANSING - Michigan ranked 39th overall in per capita federal spending in 2009, according to a report from the U.S. Census, with overall spending about $1,000 less than the national average. With the effort to fight an economic slowdown, federal spending in the nation jumped by 16 percent in 2009 to more than $3.2 trillion.