LANSING - A performance audit of the security and access controls in the state's main database for the Medicaid program generally showed effective management, but also highlighted some weaknesses that need shoring up. The audit of the Community Health Automated Medicaid Processing System, known as CHAMPS, showed that the Department of Technology, Management and Budget
LANSING - The permitting process for those seeking to deal with aquatic invasive nuisances would be substantially changed under a bill reported by the Michigan Senate Natural Resources, Environment and Great Lakes Committee on Thursday. SB 444 would require permits for addressing invasive species be due no later than April 15 or 30 days after
LANSING �?? Four companies have been awarded more than $3 million in incentives and tax breaks from the state and local governments to invest $41.7 million in projects the Michigan Economic Development Corp. says will create 70 new jobs. The funding comes primarily from the Michigan Strategic Fund through the Michigan Business Development and Community
LANSING - After Governor Rick Snyder announced the appointment of Treasurer-designate Kevin Clinton on Tuesday, Clinton said he plans to devise a mathematical model that would enable the state to project five years into the future to see how the finances of local governments and school districts would look as a way to head off
LANSING ? Business projects in Ann Arbor and Roseville were granted $1.5 million in incentives from the Michigan Strategic Fund Thursday, which will be used to leverage $5.9 million in private investment. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. said the two projects also would generate 639 new jobs in the state. ?These two innovative companies deserve
LANSING - The Michigan Municipal League unveiled Thursday proposals to expand the sales tax to services and increase the sales tax by 1 cent, and dedicating the new revenue to local governments. "This plan presents bold policies to help Michigan cities recover from more than $5 billion in cuts that the state Legislature and governor
DETROIT - Governor Rick Snyder mostly evaded questions during three hours of sworn testimony under questioning from attorneys representing unions trying to convince a judge to deny Snyder and Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr's efforts to let Detroit resolve its financial problems through bankruptcy. According to an unofficial transcript of the more than three-hour deposition,
LANSING - The Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee will take up a bill addressing the issue of cyberbullying, which Sen. Glenn Anderson said fills holes in the current anti-bullying law that even Governor Rick Snyder previously said needed to be addressed. Current law says that schools must have a policy about bullying and that the policy
ANN ARBOR - More local governments say their finances have improved, but the number is far short of a majority of local officials surveyed, say results released Tuesday by the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy. Survey results showed that 29 percent of the officials questioned said their communities were in better fiscal
LANSING - Consumers looking for health insurance in Michigan were able to go online to check out actual rates available through the health care exchanges, and officials reported considerable interest in the system. Tuesday also marked the first day that information about all the different plans and rates available in the state was available. Last