LANSING ? The Michigan Strategic Fund has approved nearly $11 million in incentives to leverage $111.1 million in private investment that the state says will generate 333 new jobs. ?Today?s wide ranging new projects will all lead to greater economic opportunities for people across Michigan,? said Gov. Rick Snyder. ?These new investments demonstrate that Michigan
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder is getting an early start on his re-election campaign with the launch Wednesday of a two-week television advertising blitz touting his record in office. Snyder continued to insist Tuesday that he has not formally announced his candidacy for a second term in refusing to answer questions about the ad, which
LANSING - The other state universities have now benefited from the funds Wayne State University officials forfeited in June when they approved an 8.9 percent tuition increase. The WSU Board of Governors had acknowledged when it approved the increase that $534,700 in performance funding would be lost. Because WSU was the only school to break
LANSING - While private sector employment has shown some rebound since the end of the Great Recession, employment by Michigan local governments continues to fall, a report from the Citizens Research Council said. K-12 education has been especially hard hit with overall employment down by job losses. Total employment in the sector is down by
LANSING - Convincing Michigan residents to make an investment in maintaining and improving roads will be a critical issue in getting back to a plan to increase investment in the state's roads and bridges, Governor Rick Snyder said Thursday in a radio interview. With the Medicaid eligibility expansion now signed into law, finding an agreement
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission Thursday commended Livingston County for becoming the fifth community in Michigan ? and the tenth in the nation ? to be certified as a ?connected? community that has developed a broadband and technology plan to expand broadband access, adoption and use. Livingston County joins Charlevoix, Antrim, St. Clair
LANSING - The Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed a bill codifying community service as a potential requirement for recipients of the Partnership Accountability Training Hope welfare program. "There is absolutely nothing wrong with requiring folks to have a little skin in the game," Sen. Joe Hune (R-Hamburg), sponsor of SB 276 , said of the
LANSING - Rep. Mike Callton said on Wednesday he would consider a proposal to tax marijuana and use the new funds to fix the state's crumbling roads, something he would call "pot for potholes." Callton (R-Nashville) said those growing and selling marijuana would love to be taxed if it meant they could be legal "above
LANSING - The House Commerce Committee reported changes Wednesday to the state's unemployment system to stay in conformity with the federal government's regulations and to deter instances of fraud. Most of the bills in the package won approval with bipartisan support, except for HB 4952 . The bill is the most controversial of the package
LANSING - Legislation that would exempt prewritten computer software from the sales and use taxes in Michigan were reported from the House Tax Policy Committee on Wednesday. The bills (SB 142 and SB 143 ) would exclude using prewritten software from another person's server from both the sale and use tax. The software is defined