LANSING - Steve Arwood, the former director of the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, will now be the chief operating officer for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Governor Rick Snyder announced Monday. LARA Chief Deputy Director Mike Zimmer will serve as acting director for the department. Both appointments are effective immediately. "Steve's track record
LANSING - Tea party candidates enjoyed their best performance in Michigan Republican primary elections since the movement launched in 2010 but fell short of a major breakthrough as establishment candidates beat them in most of the head-to-head races. The muddled verdict on the showdown between the tea party and establishment wings of the Republican Party
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder and the top transportation official from Canada together announced creation of a new authority to oversee the construction of a new bridge from Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit. While there remains a question of federal funding to construct a customs plaza in Detroit, Snyder and Canadian Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said
LANSING - The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was viewed by 600 likely voters in statistically equal proportions of "mostly negative" or "neutral," and more than three-quarters of respondents said they were either "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" about the discrepancy between what the state is providing for road funding and what it
LANSING ? The Michigan Film Office announced today three projects ? Scrap Yard, Health Games for Kids and Santa & His Elves ? have been approved for digital media incentives from the state. ?Michigan is home to some terrific digital media talent and infrastructure,? said Margaret O?Riley, director of the Michigan Film Office. ?These projects
LANSING - Speaking to the Detroit Economic Club, Governor Rick Snyder and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged Michigan economic leaders to become more globally connected. That includes Michigan companies reaching out more for international trade, and having more international companies invest in the state, the two said at the meeting at Ford Field
TROY ? A $1 million grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund closed the deal on a new Michigan call center for S&P Data Michigan that will spend $4.4 million and hire 420 new workers. S&P Data Michigan LLC is a new subsidiary of S&P Data LLC which has operated since 2006 in Ontario, Cleveland, and
DETROIT - For the first time, Detroit residents voting by absentee ballot will be able to register for the ballots online, the city clerk said Wednesday. Janice Winfrey, joined by Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lon Johnson, at a press conference in Detroit announced that the clerk's office would accept applications for absentee ballots online. Applications
CASCADE TOWNSHIP ? Medbio decided to stay in Michigan, after reviewing options in South Carolina and Alabama, after the Michigan Strategic Fund awarded the company a $180,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant. The company will now spent $3.4 million in private capital to expand its operations and add up to 45 new jobs, the
LANSING ? The Small Business Association of Michigan Small BIZ PAC has endorsed Brian Calley for reelection as Lt. Governor. This is the first time in history that the SBAM Small Biz PAC has made an endorsement for Lt. Governor. "Lt. Gov. Brian Calley is one of the most effective Lt. Governors in the history