LANSING - Governor Jennifer Granholm's veto Tuesday of $246 million in federal money for K-12 schools because of the way the Legislature distributed the money to districts likely means those schools with lower per pupil funding will receive more than they would have. Granholm signed HB 5872 (PA 205), which overall had $316 million in
LANSING - A top senator said Tuesday after Governor Jennifer Granholm vetoed a bill that would have made wide-ranging changes to liquor laws, including legalizing Sunday liquor sales before noon, that the Senate "most likely will not revisit the issue." Granholm's veto of HB 6007 , first reported by Gongwer News Service, came as a
FARMINGTON HILLS - The Detroit chapter of TiE (Talent, Ideas, Enterprise) announced Monday that Kanwal Rekhi, managing director at Inventus Capital Partners, will deliver a keynote speech at TiECon Midwest 2010 Oct. 28-29 at The Henry in Dearborn. "Kanwal Rekhi is a celebrated entrepreneur, a well known angel investor in Silicon Valley and a founding
LANSING - Immediate reaction to the one televised debate between the two candidates for governor coalesced around the idea that Democrat Virg Bernero did not get enough of a bounce to challenge the lead in the polls enjoyed by Republican Rick Snyder. However, one Democratic observer said the comments Bernero made about the company Snyder
LANSING - Election Day is getting closer, but Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero still can't seem to dent Republican Rick Snyder's huge lead in the polls. A couple weeks ago, a Bernero campaign internal poll purportedly showed the candidate within 12 points, cutting Snyder's lead in half. However, leaked internal polling should be taken with
MARQUETTE ? Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said the state's tourism Pure Michigan marketing campaign would be fully funded under his Value for Money budgeting proposal, which would prioritize state spending to those programs that return value to taxpayers and would eliminate the annual status-quo budgeting process that often times lacks rhyme or reason. Snyder
LANSING - An online publication that focuses on business and investing has ranked Michigan 47th overall in terms of management, citing factors like its drop in home value, its credit rating and crime rate, but a spokesperson for Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the study done by 247wallstreet dealt largely with factors that had nothing to
LANSING - All Michigan school districts would receive a one-time payment of $154 per pupil, plus an additional $23 to $46 per pupil depending on their current funding level under a bill that cleared the Legislature on Wednesday that spends the $316 million in federal money designed to preserve public school employee jobs. The bill
LANSING ? Under the state worker retirement incentive passed by the Michigan Legislature on Thursday, state employees who are currently eligible to retire, have a combined age and years of service of 80, or have 30 years of service can apply for the pension multiplier once the governor signs the bill into law. Workers who
LANSING - Value for money budgeting is not just a different concept to how the state spends its revenue; it is the essential intellectual element to how the state has to reorient itself to rebuild its economy with a focus on measurable results, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said during an interview with Gongwer News