LANSING - House Speaker Jase Bolger said Wednesday both tax relief and road funding can be priorities with a $1 billion surplus. "When you're dealing with $1 billion, what it comes down to is balancing those priorities," Bolger (R-Marshall) said. "I think we need to fix our roads. I want to see us continue to
LANSING - A leading Pennsylvania transportation official came to Lansing to speak to local road officials in Michigan about how his state passed a combination of gas tax and fee increases to raise $2.3 billion for roads and encourage those in Michigan that the task, while difficult, can be done. Michigan and Pennsylvania share several
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LANSING - The House Appropriations General Government Subcommittee heard from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the Michigan State Housing Development Authority and the Michigan Land Bank on Tuesday, the agencies made their case for receiving the recommended funding for fiscal year 2014-15. Michael Finney, president of the MEDC, said much of the program's budget priorities
LANSING - The Senate Energy and Technology Committee on Tuesday began discussing two of four aspects of updating the state's 2008 energy law overhaul mandating a renewable energy standard, energy efficiency goals, and the pros and cons of electric choice in the marketplace. The committee heard from Steve Bakkal, director of the Michigan Energy Office,
WASHINGTON DC - President Barack Obama's budget contains no direct funding to build the U.S. customs plaza at the new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, but there is a pool of $486 million for customs and border protection construction and facilities management that backers of the new bridge said Michigan's congressional delegation should target
BOSTON - This news should surprise no one, but worldwide personal computer sales are expected to decline from 315.1 million last year to 295.9 million this year and only 291.7 million in 2018. This news come from the IDC?s Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker report released Tuesday. PC shipments across the world fell by 9.8 percent
SOUTHFIELD - Warner Norcross & Judd LLP has elected three partners to serve on its Management Committee. Andrea J. Bernard, Homayune A. Ghaussi and William R. Jansen will each serve three-year terms on the law firm?s 10-member Management Committee. The committee, which is chaired by Managing Partner Douglas E. Wagner, is responsible for the strategic
LANSING - The executives of the state's three biggest counties, at a joint press conference Monday, urged Michigan legislators to reject proposed changes to the state's auto insurance system. Supporters of the changes said the three officials were out of their depth to weigh in on the plans. Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano, Macomb County
SAN FRANCISCO - Results from TechTarget?s 2013 annual salary and careers survey, which looked at IT security professionals and IT personnel who spend their time on security, shows that total compensation (salaries, bonuses and commissions) is holding steady. More than half of those surveyed reported raises in 2013, and close to one-third received bonuses. The