LANSING - Michigan has new agreements on automotive industry cooperation with China and several businesses have new customer and distributorship possibilities as a result of Governor Rick Snyder's most recent trade trip to China. This fourth trade mission to the most populous nation included visits to Beijing, Shenyang, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Hangzhou and included opportunities
LANSING - Chairs of some of the more prominent committees in the House, including the Regulatory Reform and Commerce committees, will not be returning next term and replacements are unclear as the Committee on Committees works to make recommendations to House Speaker-elect Kevin Cotter. Rep. Al Pscholka (R-Stevensville) has already been named chair of the
LANSING - Following a series of meetings over the weekend with a variety of business and government officials, Governor Rick Snyder on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese Council for the Promotion of International Trade's automotive unit. While Snyder promoted Michigan throughout all his stops as a place to do business, visit
LANSING ? Michigan House Speaker-elect Kevin Cotter said Monday if the gasoline tax is going to be "greatly" increased, then the sales tax should be taken off of fuel, and he believes it can all be accomplished during the next three weeks. Cotter (R-Mount Pleasant) said if the House is going to approve a dramatic
LANSING ? Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger's new plan to raise $1 billion for roads primarily through earmarking all taxes collected on gasoline to go toward roads immediately and predictably came under heavy attack from school and local government leaders because it puts funding for K-12 schools and local government revenue sharing at risk. Mr.
LANSING - Both the Michigan House and the Senate are expected to take action on a package of bills that would allow the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to streamline all of its reporting requirements on the 21st Century Jobs Fund into one report and increase the amount of community revitalization projects it authorizes. Currently, House
LANSING ? Michigan Senate Minority Leader-elect Jim Ananich on Wednesday named Democratic Sen. Vincent Gregory of Southfield the ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Committee, as well as officially appointed other senators to other positions. "Every member of our caucus will serve an important role shaping policy and strategy moving forward," Mr. Ananich said in
LANSING ? Michigan Senate Majority Leader-elect Arlan Meekhof on Wednesday pointed to creating a more well-rounded energy future for Michigan as well as improving access to and quality of the state's regulatory program regarding health care as some of his immediate goals as the next leader of the Senate in January. In an interview on
LANSING - Though the exact costs are still unclear, Michigan growers and processors, and some non-agricultural industries, sending their products to Canada will face some additional costs in the coming year, Agriculture and Rural Development Director Jamie Clover Adams told the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development at its meeting Wednesday. Canada is planning retaliatory
LANSING - Legislation that would make permanent the Michigan film incentive program, simplify the incentives and make taxable some of the post-release income generated by the productions cleared the House Commerce Committee on Wednesday. The committee made no major changes to the legislation, SB 1103 , a top priority of Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville