LANSING - The statewide 4-year graduation rates for Michigan students expected to graduate last spring increased to 76.24 percent, up 1.9 percent from the 2011 rate of 74.33 percent, according to data released Wednesday by the Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information. ?These numbers reflect the highest rates we have seen since we started
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder's proposal to increase the gasoline tax and vehicle registration fees is not likely to see any traction the Senate, but the idea of an increase in those areas in a different form is still open for debate. Snyder has proposed increasing the fuel tax to 33 cents per gallon from
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has not issued any credit certificates for either the cell manufacturing tax credit nor the MEGA tax credit awarded to LG Chem Michigan in 2009, though technically LG Chem has not yet filed for them. "LG Chem Michigan was awarded cell manufacturing and MEGA tax credits for its
LANSING - Michigan's election systems and performance scored well in a study by Pew Charitable Trusts, which placed the state sixth in the nation when measuring categories like ease of voting, accuracy of systems and completeness of data. The study reviewed the election performance of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Wisconsin scored
LANSING - The easing of the Personal Property Tax burden will put pressure on the General Fund as a result of redirecting a portion of use tax revenues to local governments and making sure the tax changes do not cost the School Aid Fund money, according to the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency. A SFA report
LANSING - After two years of major budget cuts, tax changes and controversial policy changes, Governor Rick Snyder on Thursday proposed a 2013-14 budget of nearly $51 billion that attempts to master prudent growth and investing additional money into education while at the same time winning approval for some controversial transportation tax increases and creating
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder had said he would leave it up to the Legislature to decide how to pay for the added $1.2 billion, but as part of his budget proposal Thursday, he proposed a 33-cent per gallon fuel tax and specific registration increases to the mix of revenue sources. The proposal would average
LANSING - The Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed a pair of bills that would exclude from the sales tax the value of a trade-in for a new or used motor vehicle, watercraft or recreational vehicle and phase that process in over 10 years. Both SB 89 and SB 90 saw two amendments, the first from
LANSING - As bills that would convert Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to a mutual company continue their movement in the Legislature, the question that keeps coming up at every committee hearing is: What happens to Medigap coverage after the attorney general's rate freeze ends in July 2016. One of the biggest wins for
LANSING - Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced Friday that the Department of State will issue driver's licenses and state identification cards to young persons brought to the United States illegally but who are now part of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The policy change is the result of recent federal guidance