DETROIT - The Pure Michigan campaign recently quietly posted a video on its YouTube page touting downtown Detroit, with another accompanying it in the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Southern Ontario markets, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation confirmed on Wednesday. One of the ads, "First Time Feeling," begins with a shot of group of rowers paddling
LANSING ? Detroit and Port Huron will split $1.2 million in incentives from the Michigan Community Revitalization Program for historic renovation projects. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. said the projects are expected to generate up to $7.7 million in new private investment. ?These projects will act as catalysts for viable residential neighborhoods by redeveloping obsolete
LANSING - A total of nearly $90 million, with $52.3 million going to Detroit, is being distributed to five cities in the state to help raze and remove blighted structures. The funds are designed to help fight crime, stabilize urban neighborhoods and preserve property values for homeowners in those areas. The funds are part of
LANSING - Michigan's Legislature has the constitutional authority to apply right-to-work rules to state workers, a divided panel of the Court of Appeals held on Thursday. The decision rejected the argument of the plaintiffs, which were state worker unions, that only the Civil Service Commission could constitutionally impose RTW standards on classified state workers. The
LANSING - In a decision state workers hailed as a major victory, the Michigan Court of Appeals on Wednesday held that a 2012 law requiring workers to pay 4 percent of their pay into their pension system violated the constitutional provisions on classified employee compensation. The decision, in Michigan Coalition of State Employee Unions v.
LANSING - Michigan voters mostly were in a generous mood when it came to approving new funding Tuesday for their schools and local governments, approving about three-quarters of property tax increase proposals. Voters, as expected, also overwhelmingly approved all tax renewal proposals except for one providing fire service in Muskegon County's Egelston Township. However, some
LANSING ? The Michigan Strategic Fund approved $2.1 million in Michigan Business Development and Community Revitalization program incentives to three companies that will invest $10.8 million in expansion projects that will create 183 jobs. ?From biotechnology to manufacturing to the renovation of a landmark building in Detroit, these projects demonstrate our reinvention strategy in action,
LANSING - The chances of getting a proposal on the November ballot to voters to raise $1.2 billion for roads appear bleak, but there are some signs of subtle progress on an issue that has seen little attention with all the focus on Medicaid expansion. To meet the deadline for the November ballot, the Michigan
LANSING - Michigan's unemployment rate and overall economy have improved, but the state's labor participation percentage is the lowest among the Great Lake states and the 40th lowest in the United States. The figures come from the July report on key labor market and economic metrics published by the Department of Treasury. The report shows
LANSING - One of Governor Rick Snyder's biggest frustrations since taking office in 2011 was the confusing array of regions different state departments and agencies had to manage their services. Depending on the department, or even individual division within a department, service regions varied. But Snyder announced Thursday a consolidated regional map that gives all