LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder had said he would leave it up to the Legislature to decide how to pay for the added $1.2 billion, but as part of his budget proposal Thursday, he proposed a 33-cent per gallon fuel tax and specific registration increases to the mix of revenue sources. The proposal would average
LANSING - The Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed a pair of bills that would exclude from the sales tax the value of a trade-in for a new or used motor vehicle, watercraft or recreational vehicle and phase that process in over 10 years. Both SB 89 and SB 90 saw two amendments, the first from
LANSING - As bills that would convert Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to a mutual company continue their movement in the Legislature, the question that keeps coming up at every committee hearing is: What happens to Medigap coverage after the attorney general's rate freeze ends in July 2016. One of the biggest wins for
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Friday released its annual report on video services competition, boasting that since the law regarding the reporting of video services competition (PA 480 of 2006) took effect, the number of municipalities reported having two or more video/cable providers offering service has more than doubled from 53 to 105.
LANSING - Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced Friday that the Department of State will issue driver's licenses and state identification cards to young persons brought to the United States illegally but who are now part of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The policy change is the result of recent federal guidance
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder filed a request Monday with the Supreme Court for a direct ruling on the constitutionality of the right-to-work law enacted last year. If the Supreme Court agrees to hear the case, it would bypass the trial courts and Court of Appeals should the unions or others have filed litigation against
LANSING - Rep. Wayne Schmidt said creating a surcharge on tires for all vehicles, including bikes and off- road vehicles, could be one way to help raise the approximately $1.6 billion needed to fix Michigan's roads. Schmidt (R-Traverse City) told Gongwer News Service Wednesday that bikes and ORVs have their own lanes or wider shoulders
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder signaled he was willing to consider a major change in how Michigan awards its electoral votes in presidential elections by dropping the winner-take-all system for one based on the winner of each of the state's congressional districts. Snyder told The Associated Press for a story looking at Republican efforts to
LANSING - December tax collections were about $102.6 million above the level expected in the Senate Fiscal Agency's estimate for the month, with the bulk of additional revenue being accounted for with the Michigan Business Tax and Corporate Income Tax collections, the Senate Fiscal Agency's December 2012 revenue report showed on Wednesday. Michigan Business Tax
LANSING - Acting the day after his State of the State address, Governor Rick Snyder on Thursday signed Executive Order 2013-1, creating a new Department of Insurance and Financial Services. The order establishes that the new department will have authority over all insurance and banking issues in the state. In announcing the order, Snyder confirmed