LANSING - The state does have a role in regulating business, but rules on ergonomics standards would overstep that role, Governor Rick Snyder said upon signing legislation that would ban the rules. The rules, which would have required businesses to implement ergonomics standards to prevent motion-related injuries, have been under development for several years, but
LANSING - Opponents said Tuesday that Gov. Rick Snyder's tax proposals would cost the state's poorest families about ten times more than the richest Michiganders. A release from the Michigan League for Human Services said those in the bottom 20 percent of household earnings would see their taxes increase by about 1.1 percent and those
LANSING - Supporters of repealing the requirement that retailers place a price tag on all goods they sell are nearing the end of a decades-long journey, and it seems remarkably anti-climactic for how charged the issue has long been. The Senate Economic Development Committee, with little resistance, approved the bill (HB 4158 ) on a
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder made clear Tuesday he has no interest in following the path of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who has ignited a firestorm in his state with his effort to cripple public employee unions. Speaking to the Michigan Building Trades and Construction Council, Snyder got a warm reception when he discussed his
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Growth Authority Tuesday approved tax incentives for 15 companies choosing to expand or locate in Michigan, as well as two brownfield redevelopment projects. The companies estimate the projects will generate up to $205.2 million in new private investment, adding or retaining a projected 4,022 jobs. ?The reinvention of Michigan starts
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder Wednesday named a leading Detroit attorney with expertise in the regulatory world to head the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth, which will soon be renamed and restructured. With Steven Hilfinger, managing partner of the Foley and Lardner LLP law firm, taking the helm at DELEG, Snyder now has
LANSING - Raising the ante on the issue of building a new Detroit River international crossing, a top executive with the Ambassador Bridge company announced Wednesday that it would offer toll credits to the state to match federal funding. Matthew Moroun, a director of Centra Incorporated, which is the umbrella company for the Ambassador Bridge's
LANSING ? Gov. Rick Snyder delivered a budget surprise Monday when he announced his recommendation for the 2011-12 fiscal year budget will propose no cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates. Snyder will unveil his budget recommendation Thursday. Snyder administration officials have said it will propose no one-time sources of funds be used to close a $1.8
DETROIT - Buoyed by a $2 million warchest and no clear Republican challenger at the moment, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing) focused on economic issues during a speech to Democrat convention-goers on Saturday. It was only at the end of the speech Stabenow really referenced the upcoming 2012 election, where she is the top state
DETROIT - After facing perhaps the most overwhelming defeat in the modern history of the Michigan Democratic Party in 2010, the party will undergo a "top to bottom review" of how it does business, newly re-elected Chair Mark Brewer said Saturday. Brewer won a ninth term as party chair with a unanimous vote of the