LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder and top legislative leaders have not yet reached a formal target agreement on the education aspects of the budget, but they are getting close, Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville said Wednesday morning. Richardville (R-Monroe) said he, House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall), Governor Rick Snyder, Lt. Governor Brian Calley and the
LANSING - All Michigan public employees would have to pay for at least 20 percent of the cost of their health benefits under legislation passed Wednesday by the Michigan Senate. The Senate, as expected since Republicans make up a two-thirds supermajority of the body, mustered the two-thirds majority needed to adopt the constitutional amendment SJR
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Van Andel Research Institute Tuesday announced the creation of the VARI Pediatric Cancer Translational Research Program to identify the best treatment options for children based on the individual biology of their tumor, a process often referred to as personalized medicine. The program will unite basic research and clinical care through a
DETROIT - The Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center will present a series of June workshops in Oakland County and Detroit that explore the five keys to achieving fiscal fitness. The workshops will help the non-financial manager business owner strengthen financial literacy and improve their ability to access capital businesses needed to grow. The
ANN ARBOR - New Enterprise Forum is holding the 5th Annual Battle of the Elevator Pitch competition May 19 when prominent state entrepreneurs pitch an imaginary company to demonstrate what a great business pitch sounds like. A panel of judges will take it all in, assessing substance as well as style. Past events have been
ANN ARBOR - Customer satisfaction with online banking increased its lead over customer satisfaction with the overall banking experience, according to the U.S. 2011 ForeSee Results Online Banking Study. As the financial sector and the economy slowly recover from a crisis that nearly froze credit markets and cost hundreds of billions of dollars in bank
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Growth Authority Tuesday approved tax incentives for three companies choosing to expand or locate in Michigan, as well as three brownfield redevelopment projects. The approved projects are expected to generate nearly $182 million in new investment, and create a projected 661 direct jobs in communities across the state. ?The MEGA
MUSKEGON - High school and community college students have been invited to display their renewable energy or sustainable business ideas at MAREC's first annual Renewable Energy and Technology Science Fair (RE-Fair) May 23 at the Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center. The incentive of a friendly competition has been shown to promote deeper learn-ing as
DETROIT - Two Michigan state senators have introduced a bill to preserve tax credits for movie making in the state that would allow the state to award filmmakers tax credits of up to 42 percent for their production expenditures, instead of an absolute 40- or 42-percent. Senate Bill No. 383 was introduced Thursday by Sens.
LANSING - Revenues to the Michigan general and School Aid funds are up by a combined amount between roughly $500 million to $700 million for the 2011-12 fiscal year from what was estimated in January, according to forecasts released Friday by the House and Senate Fiscal agencies. There are some significant caveats the numbers. While