LANSING - A tax amnesty program the state is counting on netting $61.8 million to balance the 2010-11 fiscal year budget passed the House on Tuesday after the chamber made a few changes. The amnesty program would run from May 15 through June 30, 2011, and would allow people with unpaid taxes before December 31,
ANN ARBOR - Research spending at the University of Michigan in 2009-10 grew 12 percent over the previous year to $1.14 billion, the second straight year U-M has surpassed the billion-dollar milestone. Thanks in part to stimulus-package research awards, federal research spending at U-M rose 14.7 percent over the previous fiscal year, accounting for 65.9
BALTIMORE - U.S. small businesses, typically known as the innovation engine that fuels economic growth, may have reached a roadblock when it comes to marketing innovation. Contrary to the optimistic outlook in 2009, the fourth wave of the Small Business Success Index (SBSI), sponsored by Network Solutions and the Center for Excellence in Service at
LIVONIA - Davenport University is stepping forward to support several local communities it serves that have been particularly hard-hit by the economy, offering up to $1,000 in tuition assistance to new, incoming students preparing for new careers. "The economy has taken its toll on Michigan residents and we want to do everything we can to
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK is now accepting applications for fall Entrepreneur Boot Camp. In this 18th installment of the popular program, to be held November 4-5. Entrepreneur Boot Camp participants will receive intensive business coaching from experienced entrepreneurs and experts. "Ann Arbor SPARK's Entrepreneur Boot Camp program has a proven track record of
CLINTON TOWNSHIP - Where would America be without dreamers, without those who envisioned a new way? The Lorenzo Cultural Center will celebrate our great inventors and their innovations in a new program series, American Ingenuity: Embracing the Freedom to Dream. The series explores those past and present who have made their mark through invention, innovation
LANSING - On the same day that a major national newspaper highlighted the state's success in attracting film production, the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency released a detailed study of the impact of Michigan's controversial film credits that concluded there is no anticipated situation in which the credits could pay for themselves in terms of state
LANSING - With the state moving to end a 14-year policy of reimbursing community colleges for the property tax revenues they lose because of renaissance zones, college property taxes should be exempt from renaissance zones, a leading college official said Wednesday. The comments from Mike Hansen, executive director of the Michigan Community College Association, came
LANSING - The prospects for a new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor appeared to come crashing down Thursday when Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop declared it unlikely that the Senate would vote on legislation authorizing it this year. Bishop's (R-Rochester) comments come as Sen. Jud Gilbert (R-Algonac), the Transportation Committee chair, has circulated a draft
LANSING - The Department of Technology, Management and Budget will travel the remaining road of the Granholm administration with an interim director at the reins, as Director Ken Theis announced Thursday he was leaving the post effective October 1. Theis, who oversaw the combination of the departments of Information Technology and Management and Budget, has