LANSING - A proposal unveiled late Wednesday to help control Asian carp from getting in the Great Lakes is not strong enough because it does not call for isolating the lakes from the Mississippi River, officials said. Attorney General Bill Schuette issued some of the strongest statements against the proposal outlined, saying it would not
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Transportation is reaching out to businesses interested in creating a public-private partnership for two rest areas, highway lighting, bridge work and timber management. In a release sent on Thursday it says the department is accepting letters of interest until mid-August from interested businesses, and Jeff Cranson, spokesperson for the
LANSING - Press conferences were held in Lansing and Detroit on Wednesday by activist groups in an effort to draw support for HB 4554 , which would raise the minimum wage in Michigan to $10 an hour by 2016. In Lansing, Danielle Atkinson, director of Mothering Justice, said that there is a need for the
LANSING - The project tied to a new arena for the Detroit Red Wings in Detroit was approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund Board on Wednesday, with some words of encouragement from Governor Rick Snyder. The project, known as the Catalyst Development Project, includes arena where the Red Wings will play as well as a
LANSING - Sen. Roger Kahn on Wednesday presented a Senate Medicaid workgroup proposal that keeps critical components of the House bill to expand and reform Medicaid while ensuring the reforms remain even if federal waivers are not granted or the Affordable Care Act is repealed. "Besides the ability to opt-out, it was important that we
LANSING ? Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger said Thursday that an August 27 vote on Medicaid expansion would provide just enough time for the federal government to approve waivers requested in the legislation. Bolger (R-Marshall), in an interview with Gongwer News Service, said it's not up to him to say if the Senate should vote
LANSING - Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville on Wednesday said he believes it is probable that the Senate Medicaid workgroup will have a proposal ready by mid-week next week, and the full chamber would vote on the proposal in late August. "My guess is that if things come out of committee, and it's possible that
LANSING - The revelation that Iowa-based Midwest Living magazine writes the state's Pure Michigan Travel Guide prompted Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer to question why Governor Rick Snyder's administration did not pick a Michigan-based company for the job. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reported Saturday that Des Moines, Iowa-based Midwest Living publishes the guide, which is
LANSING ? Michigan House Democrats announced legislation on Thursday that would add regulations to horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to require more transparency from companies do fracking for natural gas. The legislation would require the disclosure of chemicals used in the fracking process and report the water used when it exceeds 100,000 gallons; allow communities
LANSING - Overall tax collections were approximately $99.3 million above the level expected by the Senate Fiscal Agency for the month of June based on its May consensus revenue estimates, a monthly revenue report concluded on Wednesday, but the $1.8 billion total collected taxes for the General Fund and School Aid Fund were down about