LANSING - After reconsidering the vote by which a bill that would essentially increase hunting and fishing licenses by about 40 percent did not pass, the Michigan Senate finally found success on Wednesday. After defeating the bill on Tuesday, the Senate took another stab at voting on the bill (HB 4668 ) on Wednesday. It
LANSING - Rep. Wayne Schmidt said on Tuesday major bills to increase transportation funding for the state through an increase in registration fees and a switch to wholesale taxes on gasoline won't see any movement until after the Legislature comes back from summer break. "I know the governor is engaged on it, I know the
LANSING - The Michigan Senate on Wednesday will take another shot at trying to send a bill expanding Medicaid with multiple reforms and provisions to Governor Rick Snyder. There was much anticipation that the chamber would take HB 4714 up on Tuesday, but after several hours-long caucuses, it seemed Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville (R-Monroe)
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder announced Friday that he would make his fifth trade and investment mission trip, this time to Israel, in an attempt to strengthen ties in the academic, automotive and business communities. Previously, the governor has gone to locations in the Far East, Europe and Canada. Snyder, in a press call, described
LANSING - Michigan has been making educational improvements since the implementation of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, but at one of the slowest rates in the nation, a new report said. The study by Education Sector showed Michigan with the fifth lowest improvement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress of the 50
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder has long enjoyed rock-solid support from the Republican Party, but the move by several prominent tea party activists to urge conservatives to "sit out" Snyder's anticipated 2014 re-election campaign puts into question whether Snyder can rely on a robust GOP turnout. Snyder has never been a tea party favorite, not
LANSING - The Department of Treasury has issued a bulletin defining "active solicitation" of business that includes operating a website or sending emails to entice purchasers from Michigan to qualify to pay the Michigan Corporate Income Tax. Those solicitations, which can include advertising and mailing coupons and catalogs, can count as establishing nexus within the
LANSING - Legislation designed to open up more privately owned forestland to the timber industry was signed into law Thursday by Governor Rick Snyder, who hailed the bills as boosting the state's economy. "This is an opportunity to export more," he said at a news conference with legislators and timber industry officials. "This is actually
LANSING - Legislation designed to provide more flexibility in the Michigan Merit Curriculum for students who are interested in taking more career technical courses passed the House on Thursday. Supporters and opponents debated again Thursday whether the bills (HB 4465 and HB 4466 , approved 81-26 and 87-20) diminish the quality of education in the
LANSING - Bills that would force the collection of the sales and use tax on purchases made through online entities that have affiliations in the state were on the Michigan House Tax Policy Committee agenda Wednesday, but were not voted on because House Democrats on the committee were going to abstain from voting. Rep. Jeff