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US House, Senate Cut Deal To Restore Business Deductions, Low-Income Tax Credits

WASHINGTON DC - Top tax writers in Congress announced a deal Tuesday morning to beef up the child tax credit (CTC) and reinstate business deductions that were taken away to pay for the reduction of the corporate tax rate in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The CTC expansion would increase the maximum credit

By |2024-01-16T13:03:14-05:00January 16th, 2024|Politics, Politics/Government|

22 State Attorneys General Call On Congress To Pass Marijuana Banking Bill That’s Heading To Senate Floor

WASHINGTON DC - A bipartisan coalition of 22 state attorneys general, including Michigan AG Dana Nessel, has  called on Congress to pass a marijuana banking bill that cleared a key Senate committee on Wednesday. In a letter sent to congressional leaders on Tuesday, the top law enforcement officials of nearly half the states in the U.S. said

By |2023-09-27T16:02:28-04:00September 27th, 2023|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

SAFE Banking Act Finally Appears Headed For Vote In U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON DC - Marijuana companies could secure financial services and confusion over banking for hemp operators could be clarified after the reintroduction of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act in the U.S. Senate. The measure, which is strongly supported by both Republican and Democrat lawmakers, has passed the House of Representatives seven times

By |2023-05-04T15:32:24-04:00May 4th, 2023|Marijuana Business, News|

Federal Legislation Could Require Government Agencies To Properly Recycle EV Batteries

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Mitt Romney (R-UT), Richard Burr (R-NC), and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) to ensure government agencies are properly using and recycling batteries from the federal fleet of electric vehicles has passed the Senate. Properly recycling EV

By |2022-09-20T10:55:39-04:00September 20th, 2022|Auto Tech, ESD|

Momentum Builds In US Senate For SAFE Banking Act

WASHINGTON DC - US Senators on both sides of the aisle are throwing support behind a proposal to tuck key marijuana banking legislation into a larger package aimed at boosting U.S. competitiveness, increasing the odds that a significant cannabis bill gets through the upper chamber this year. Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.), the No. 3 Senate Democrat, is

By |2022-05-04T19:01:35-04:00May 4th, 2022|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Michigan’s Top Cybersecurity Official Highlights State’s Practices To U.S. Senate Committee

WASHINGTON - The state of Michigan’s Chief Security Officer Chris DeRusha shared how the Great Lakes State collaborates with public and private sectors on cybersecurity to keep citizens’ data safe in a daunting digital environment to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs today.  DeRusha talked about the many facets of the state’s cyber defenses and described the close collaboration between the Department of Technology, Management & Budget, the Michigan State Police, and

By |2020-02-11T16:47:01-05:00February 11th, 2020|Cyber Defense, Featured, Politics|

U.S. Senate Passes Controversial Cybersecurity Legislation

WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Senate easily passed legislation on Tuesday aimed at bolstering the country's cyber defenses, advancing the first serious attempt in Congress to combat computer hacks that have hit a growing number of businesses and government agencies in recent years. The bill, which would expand liability protections to companies that choose to

By |2015-10-27T18:27:40-04:00October 27th, 2015|Cyber Defense, Featured, Politics|