LANSING - Opponents said Tuesday that Gov. Rick Snyder's tax proposals would cost the state's poorest families about ten times more than the richest Michiganders. A release from the Michigan League for Human Services said those in the bottom 20 percent of household earnings would see their taxes increase by about 1.1 percent and those
CLARKSTON - Amy Benner has been promoted to Vice President, Project Development at Intellitrends, a market research and market strategy company. She previously worked as senior project director. "Amy serves a key role in our company, and demonstrates daily, her leadership, exceptional customer care, and attention to detail,? said President Marlene Stone. In her new
FLINT - From a prominent keynote speaker to several breakout sessions the 4th annual Jumpstart Business Conference March 24 has everything a business needs to grow in one place. New this year is an economic development roundtable, which will inform you of the hot topics in doing business in the state of Michigan. Informational sessions
LANSING - Deterred momentarily by a balky pen, Gov. Rick Snyder signed the first two laws of his administration on Tuesday, bills that would put into law the state's already voluntary program for the Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Program. Snyder said the two bills, SB 122 and HB 4212, provide important opportunities for agriculture in
LANSING - Supporters of repealing the requirement that retailers place a price tag on all goods they sell are nearing the end of a decades-long journey, and it seems remarkably anti-climactic for how charged the issue has long been. The Senate Economic Development Committee, with little resistance, approved the bill (HB 4158 ) on a
COOPERSVILLE - IT Resource, a provider of Information Technology services, has hired Lori Brandt as Help Desk Manager. Brandt?s role will consist of enhancing IT Resource?s ability to triage service activities on behalf of their customers, driving quality through the customer experience from call initiation through completion. Her areas of expertise are customer service and
TROY - Automation Alley added 17 new members in February. ?We hit the ground running this year. Nearly 20 new members from across southeast Michigan joined this past month.? said Ken Rogers, Automation Alley executive director. ?This is further proof that Automation Alley is still a driving force in the business community.? New members in
TROY - Automation Alley announced Tuesday that its Board of Directors has approved a resolution to support the New International Trade Crossing project, a second bridge connecting Windsor and Detroit. The NITC project is a joint U.S.-Canadian border crossing solution that would directly connect I-75 to Highway 401 in Canada, improving travel time across the
LANSING - It is the type of technical question that can occasionally throw people into fits, but the issue has been raised about whether Gov. Rick Snyder's proposal to combine his proposed changes to the state's personal income tax and create a new corporate income tax in one bill would run afoul of the Constitution's
LANSING. ? The Corn Marketing Program of Michigan has partnered with the Lenawee Conservation District, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee to conduct an extensive research and demonstration project to test plots for growers to learn and evaluate data, without it affecting their farming operation?s bottom line. The Center for