LANSING - A bill that would invalidate the union home health care workers formed was reported Tuesday from the House Government Operations committee along party lines. Rep. Vicki Barnett (D-Farmington Hills) offered an amendment that would eliminate the retroactive nature of the bill so it would not impair current union contracts. It failed along party
LANSING - Legislation that would allow Michigan to join an interstate compact to suspend the operation of the controversial federal health care act was sent to the full Senate by the Health Policy Committee on Thursday. The panel reported SB 973 on a 6-1 vote with Sen. Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor) the only committee member
LANSING - Corporations spending money to influence elections or political decisions would have to acknowledge and report that spending under a proposed constitutional amendment unveiled Thursday. The Corporate Accountability Amendment, co-chaired by Jocelyn Benson, the 2010 Democratic secretary of state candidate, and Melanie McElroy, executive director of Common Cause Michigan, would require any corporation spending
LANSING - Almost two months ago in his State of the State address, Governor Rick Snyder called for campaign finance reforms, but none have made it to his desk so far. Specifically, Snyder said he wanted to have better and more frequent disclosure of campaign contributions. Legislators do not have disclose fundraising or spending activity
LANSING ? More than 600 tourism representatives, economic development professionals and meeting planners from across Michigan will come together in Grand Rapids March 25-27 for the Pure Michigan Governor?s Conference on Tourism 2012. The theme of this year?s conference is ?Delivering on the Pure Michigan Promise.? The conference will feature keynote presentations by Governor Rick
LANSING ? The establishment of the I-69 Corridor and the Grand Traverse Region into cargo and logistics hubs moved forward Monday with Michigan Strategic Fund approval of the regional collaborations as the state's newest Next Michigan Development Corporations. ?These designations will accelerate efforts already underway to transform these areas into centers of economic development activity
LANSING - Michigan would be on the leading edge of states if it includes performance measures for universities to see increased funding as part of the fiscal year 2012-13 budget, but it also would be on the low side of the funds committed to that incentive, the House Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee was told Wednesday.
NOVI - The two Republican candidates going toe-to-toe to win Michigan's presidential primary, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, swept through the state Thursday talking about their plans to improve the nation's economy, with their campaigns throwing jabs at the other as polls continued to show Santorum leading, albeit narrowly. Santorum went after Romney as he
NOVI - It is a bad idea for Republican presidential candidates to talk about the controversial auto industry bailout, Governor Rick Snyder told reporters here Thursday night, saying they instead should focus on what they can do to improve the national jobs picture. The question of the auto bailout has come up frequently in just
DETROIT - Mitt Romney is like President Barack Obama in many ways, yet Rick Santorum, his opponent in the Republican primary to challenge Obama, said he would consider Romney as a potential running mate and would support him over Obama should he win the ultimate nomination. At a taping of Michigan Public Television's "Off The