LANSING - It will still take concurrence from the Michigan Senate, but the House on Thursday signed off on a change to public employee health care cost sharing that would provide the options of both a hard dollar cap and 80/20 split. But the chamber failed to win the two-thirds support required on SJR C
LANSING - A group of current and former Michigan union workers announced Thursday an effort to push the Legislature to enact a right-to-work law in the state, saying it would help unions as well as business. And even though Governor Rick Snyder has said repeatedly that he was not pushing for a right-to-work law, saying
LANSING - Neither Republicans nor Democrats have been able to come up with maps that meet federal requirements for treatment of minorities, members of the Legislative Black Caucus said Tuesday in threatening a federal legal challenge if the caucus' concerns are not addressed. The state has lost overall population, but has seen its minority population
LANSING - Michigan would benefit from having a more coordinated university structure instead of its current system with 15 completely autonomous public universities, said Bill Sederburg, a former senator and president of Ferris State University who now oversees Utah's colleges and universities. Sederburg, in an interview with Gongwer News Service, said the Utah structure, in
LANSING - In recent years, Michigan has ranked among the top 10 states for the number of industrial projects, but there is still a disconnect between that reality and the state's perception among business officials across the country, about 200 attendees of the Business Leaders for Michigan summit were told Monday. The group also released
LANSING - While they may not agree with every agenda item, four business executives gave Governor Rick Snyder high marks on Monday during a roundtable discussion by the Business Leaders for Michigan. Half of the panelists said the recent corporate tax changes will mean their companies will pay more, but even so, businesses are happy
LANSING - Michigan has not gone as far as Florida on some education reforms and has moved away from some changes enacted in the Sunshine State, but its former governor said Wednesday that adoption of Governor Rick Snyder's education plan will mean long-term improvement for the state's students. Jeb Bush, who testified before a joint
LANSING - An amended version of SB 351 would allow Michigan to use a portion of the sales tax collected on gasoline and diesel fuel to obtain matching federal highway funds and devote money to state and local roads. In its original form, the bill would have siphoned off the portion of the 6 percent
LANSING - A little-known provision in the emergency 911 law would have a financial, structural and possible legal impact on every college campus, business, hospital, school district, governmental unit, nonprofit organization and any other entity in the state with a hard-wired telephone system if its implementation isn't delayed beyond the December 31 deadline. Testimony given
LANSING - Michigan could wipe out $5.6 billion of its unfunded liability for the future health care costs of retired state workers if the Legislature approves a bill package making sweeping changes. As first reported by Gongwer News Service last week, the Snyder administration is seeking to move all employees under the 401k retirement plan