LANSING ? Michigan Senate Minority Leader-elect Jim Ananich on Wednesday named Democratic Sen. Vincent Gregory of Southfield the ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Committee, as well as officially appointed other senators to other positions. "Every member of our caucus will serve an important role shaping policy and strategy moving forward," Mr. Ananich said in
LANSING ? Michigan Senate Majority Leader-elect Arlan Meekhof on Wednesday pointed to creating a more well-rounded energy future for Michigan as well as improving access to and quality of the state's regulatory program regarding health care as some of his immediate goals as the next leader of the Senate in January. In an interview on
LANSING - Though the exact costs are still unclear, Michigan growers and processors, and some non-agricultural industries, sending their products to Canada will face some additional costs in the coming year, Agriculture and Rural Development Director Jamie Clover Adams told the Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development at its meeting Wednesday. Canada is planning retaliatory
LANSING - Legislation that would make permanent the Michigan film incentive program, simplify the incentives and make taxable some of the post-release income generated by the productions cleared the House Commerce Committee on Wednesday. The committee made no major changes to the legislation, SB 1103 , a top priority of Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville
WASHINGTON DC - Republicans in Congress have all but killed off the Marketplace Fairness Act, a long-debated bill that calls for online retailers to collect sales tax in the same way as brick-and-mortar stores. The news is a victory for e-Bay and small online retailers, but a defeat for Wal-Mart and traditional retailers who say
LANSING - Democrats made up 39 percent of the electorate Tuesday, compared to 30 percent for Republicans, an NBC News exit poll showed, but Republican Governor Rick Snyder won independents by a huge margin to make up the difference. Snyder won independents by a 61 percent to 34 percent tally, the exit poll showed. Both
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 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 - 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