LANSING - The new Michigan House Republican caucus elected Rep. Kevin Cotter the House speaker for the 2015-16 session Thursday. Cotter?s election came as Rep. Al Pscholka (R-Stevensville), who had campaigned for the speakership as well, dropped his bid and will chair the House Appropriations Committee instead. The Appropriations chair announcement is not yet official.
LANSING - As the dust settles from Election Day and Republicans look at their increased majorities in both chambers, a comprehensive solution to road funding was the talk of a lame-duck agenda by both Governor Rick Snyder and Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville on Wednesday. And though there have been some rumblings of House interest
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the city of Ironwood, Downtown Ironwood Development Authority, Downtown Art Place, and the Historic Ironwood Theater announced a new crowdfunding campaign through Michigan-based crowdfunding platform Patronicity to help build a new downtown Art Park. ?The Ironwood Art Park will be a great addition to the city by providing
WASHINGTON DC - Michigan has the 13th best tax climate in the U.S. according to the latest edition of the State Business Tax Climate Index, released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, the same ranking as last year. The Index measures how well structured each state?s code is by analyzing over 100 tax variables in
LANSING - The Michigan Senate on Wednesday swiftly passed a bill that would eliminate a 2017 sunset on funding for the film incentive program as well as revise caps starting in 2015. The bill, SB 1103 , heard testimony in the Senate Economic Development Committee on Wednesday morning, largely in support of its provisions. The
LANSING ? Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's lead over Democratic challenger Mark Schauer has grown to 8 points as his support among Independent voters has strengthened in the last month, according to the latest EPIC-MRA poll conducted exclusively for the Free Press, WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) and their statewide media polling partners. If the election were held
LANSING - A bill that Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville says would restructure the way the film industry could hire or be paid for certain workers is on the Senate agenda for Wednesday, though it first must clear the Senate Economic Development Committee in the morning. The bill, SB 1103 , would delete a provision
LANSING - Within two years, all of the schools in the state will be connected with a dedicated network as part of the Technology Readiness Infrastructure Grants, the State Board of Education was told Tuesday. The grants, $41.5 million for the current fiscal year and $50 million each of the prior two years, were designed
LANSING - A once thought to be innocuous bill involving a fee dealerships charge auto manufacturers underwent a potentially significant change before clearing the Legislature, and that change appears designed to ensure the electric automaker Tesla would have to sell its vehicles in Michigan through franchise dealers instead of directly to customers as it is
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder appears to be solidifying a consistent lead over his Democratic opponent, Mark Schauer, in two polls that came out Tuesday showing a developing trend of Snyder leading Schauer with a percentage outside the margin of error. In both polls, one by Lansing-based Marketing Resource Group, and the second by the