MACKINAC ISLAND - Insisting the state must find a way to finance at least $1.2 billion in transportation funding, Governor Rick Snyder said the 15.5 percent fuel tax Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville has called for would net the amount of revenue the state needs to help tackle the transportation issue. With the Legislature poised
MACKINAC ISLAND - Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels told a crowd at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference on Thursday that regardless of a person's political affiliation, providing first rate infrastructure is a responsibility of government. In 2006, Daniels said, Indiana got lucky and the time was right to lease one of its existing
MACKINAC ISLAND - Lt. Governor Brian Calley joined some House Democrats, business groups and local officials calling for the approval of Proposal 1, the proposal that would reimburse local communities the revenues lost form the personal property tax repeal. During a press conference at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference, Calley said the state
MACKINAC ISLAND - After interviewing both candidates, the Business Leaders for Michigan's Political Action Committee announced on Thursday its endorsement of Governor Rick Snyder for re-election in 2014. Cynthia Pasky, chair of the group's PAC, said during a news conference at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Island Policy conference that in 2009, the Business Leaders
LANSING ? Nearly $1.4 million in government subsidies and loans will help build a 47,000 square foot grocery store in the City of Detroit. The Michigan Strategic Fund ponied up $834,800 in Community Revitalization Program incentives, while the City of Detroit, through the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, a $200,000 loan. Invest Detroit also provided a
LANSING - Michigan's minimum wage workers will see the first of several wage increases starting September 1 following the enactment Tuesday of a bipartisan deal to bring the state's minimum wage to $9.25 per hour by 2018 and, for the first time, tie the rate to inflation going forward. Not long after 8 p.m., Governor
LANSING ? Michigan Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville isn't just looking for a 20 percent increase to funding the film incentive program, he told reporters after session Wednesday, but rather enough money to not only provide incentive money to movies but help train under-employed individuals in Michigan, especially young people, who can't gain much long-term
LANSING - The Michigan House approved a package of bills by huge margins on Thursday allowing $194.8 million from the Budget Stabilization Fund to go toward the "Grand Bargain" designed to get Detroit out of bankruptcy and alleviate cuts to pensioners. Representatives were so supportive of the package that the chamber erupted in applause after
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP ? AvaSure, using a $550,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant, is expanding its facility in Plainfield Township. The project will generate a total capital investment of $1.9 million and create 110 jobs. ?Michigan?s healthcare industry is growing and recognized across the country, and AvaSure?s decision to expand here underscores Michigan?s business-friendly environment
LANSING - Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville unveiled Wednesday a major change to one transportation bill on Wednesday that would gradually increase the new percentage tax on gasoline starting at 9.5 percent on January 1, 2015, but Senate Democrats seem less-than-pleased for now. The change to HB 5477 , which would repeal current fuel taxes