LANSING - Michigan's election systems and performance scored well in a study by Pew Charitable Trusts, which placed the state sixth in the nation when measuring categories like ease of voting, accuracy of systems and completeness of data. The study reviewed the election performance of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Wisconsin scored
LANSING - The Michigan Retailers Association has come out strongly against proposals to increase the sales tax to fund road repairs, saying it would be devastating to the retail industry and the state's economic recovery. In a statement released Monday, the association said its president, James Hallan, wrote a letter to all senators, who have
LANSING - The easing of the Personal Property Tax burden will put pressure on the General Fund as a result of redirecting a portion of use tax revenues to local governments and making sure the tax changes do not cost the School Aid Fund money, according to the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency. A SFA report
LANSING - After two years of major budget cuts, tax changes and controversial policy changes, Governor Rick Snyder on Thursday proposed a 2013-14 budget of nearly $51 billion that attempts to master prudent growth and investing additional money into education while at the same time winning approval for some controversial transportation tax increases and creating
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder proposed construction of a new State Emergency Operations Center as part of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget's 2013-14 fiscal year budget recommendation. Kurt Weiss, spokesperson for the department, said the old facility is no longer as secure as the department would like. "The funds would be to build
ADA- For the first time in 20 years, each of Amway's top 10 markets posted sales increases, led by double digit jumps in Columbia, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Turkey and Venezuela, contributing to record sales of $11.3 billion in 2012 for parent company, Alticor, up from $10.9 billion in 2011. The private company does
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 Strategic Fund would see a new $10 million Skilled Trades Training Program designed to help advance skilled trades such as engineering, IT or other vocational education under Governor Rick Snyder's proposed 2013-14 fiscal year budget. The program also would seek to help those already in the workforce, but in need of
TROY ? Automation Alley is hosting a seminar Feb. 28 to tell member companies about how they can finding out about defense-related opportunities available to your company through Automation Alley. This seminar will cover these topics and more. This event will focus on procurement opportunities within the defense industry, and will feature the following speakers:
SAGINAW - Saginaw Future Inc. will be celebrating its annual awards luncheon that features Laurent Bresson, president and COO at Nexteer Automotive who will discuss the company's turnaround. Saginaw Future will be honoring 35 projects from 2012 valued at nearly $241 million that created and retained more than 1,100 jobs. ?Driving the Future!? is this