LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder proposed a major overhaul of the capital outlay process and recommended a 3-percent increase to public universities operations. Snyder said the 18 projects in the pipeline, split between universities and community colleges, are recommended to still go ahead, at a cost of $613 million. He said his proposed new system
LANSING - Recent changes to the state's tax system will reduce the overall tax burden compared to other states, but will still leave the state slightly more heavily reliant on property taxes and will shift the income tax burden toward individuals, the Citizens Research Council said in a report released Monday. The report, 2009 Tax
LANSING - To replace aging computer systems across state government, Governor Rick Snyder recommended the Department of Technology, Management and Budget receive $50 million to begin the process. The fiscal year 2012-13 budget recommendation totals $1.1 billion ($384 million in general fund). That represents an 8 percent increase from the current year's appropriation overall and
LANSING - In a marked difference from the dramatic changes announced with the 2011-12 budget a year ago, Governor Rick Snyder on Thursday outlined a proposal for the 2012-13 budget that he said would build on the actions of the past 12 months and continue to help lead the state get more jobs. Snyder, joined
LANSING - The state's economic development efforts would continue to receive the same amount of funding as the current fiscal year, but Governor Rick Snyder has added more money for arts and cultural grants under the 2012-13 budget outlined Thursday. The state's business and economic gardening program, which replaced a tax credit system under the
DETROIT - Mobile Monday Michigan announced the mobile technology education and networking group's expansion in Mid-Michigan with the launch of a new chapter, Mobile Monday Lansing. Mobile Monday Michigan is the state?s branch of the Helsinki, Finland-based International Mobile Monday organization. MoMoMichigan is sponsored state-wide by the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, the state?s non-profit
LANSING - With Congress failing to act and more states finding a way to fix what they see as a big loophole that allows online retailers to avoid charging a state sales tax, proponents in Michigan say the time for the Legislature to act is now. "While Michigan waits, other states have taken action to
LANSING - After recently announcing its expansion into multiple Regions across the United States, Storm On Demand, the cloud hosting arm of managed hosting provider Liquid Web, has made updates that let users work on a variety of operating systems. Offering the feel of a traditional server with the flexibility and convenience of Cloud Hosting,
WASHINGTON ? Seeking novel ways to eliminate the gender gap in pay, the U.S. Department of Labor and its federal agency partners on the National Equal Pay Task Force announced Wednesday a contest for creating software applications that use the department's data to promote equal pay for men and women. Women are still paid less
DETROIT - Strategic Staffing Solutions, the Detroit-based global information technology and business services company, reported earnings of $220 million in 2011, a $15 million gain from 2010, marking the 21st consecutive years of annual revenue growth. Profit figures were not announced. ?Many companies have their ups and downs financially, but for S3, ever year is