Bills Expand Expungement Process For Old Convictions
Lawmakers want to expand Michigan's expungement laws in a way they say will give hundreds of thousands of residents with old, low-level criminal convictions a clean record.
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September 11, 2019
House, Senate Pushing Ahead With Budgets
House and Senate Republican leadership gave their appropriations subcommittee chairs their final targeted spending amounts Thursday and instructed them to begin pushing out conference committee budgets this week, MIRS has learned.
August 28, 2019
Entrepreneurship Led Economic Development Introduced in Michigan House
Yesterday State Representative Tommy Brann (R-Wyoming), a small business owner himself, dropped off the long-awaited bi-partisan legislative package focused on small business growth called Entrepreneurship Led Economic Development (E-LED).
August 27, 2019
Legislative Leaders Hand Whitmer ‘Menu’ Of Road Funding Options
Republican legislative leaders submitted a menu of additional road-funding options to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Thursday, some she'd seen before like bonding against the teacher retirement system. Some she had not.
August 27, 2019
Republican Party Sues Benson To Stop Redistricting Commission
The Michigan Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging what it calls the "unfair and unconstitutional proposed redistricting committee."
August 20, 2019
Severe Weather and Trade Wars Hit Michigan Farmers
(EAST LANSING) -- Historic rainfall, flash flooding, excessive snow, tornadoes, extreme cold, and the China trade war have negatively impacted Michigan farmers and every resident will feel the impact.
August 20, 2019
Asian Carp Invasion Would Be Worse Than Previously Expected
Bad as it would be for Asian carp to get into the Great Lakes, new research from the University of Michigan shows the damage would be even worse than previously estimated.
August 13, 2019
Dashboard Or Letter Grades For Schools? By September, State Will Have Both
Dashboard or letter grades -- it's been the ongoing debate in the education community of how best to measure and display school performance.
August 13, 2019
30-Yr MPSERS Bond Costs Taxpayers $13B Less Than Status Quo
The bonding-against-teacher-pensions plan floated as a way to free up road funding would cost taxpayers $13 billion less than the current debt repayment plan, as well as $26 billion less than extending the repayment schedule …
August 11, 2019
Letter from the President
Harnessing Michigan’s Hidden Talent By Brian Calley No one knows better than small businesses how tight the labor market is. We have essentially been at full employment for a couple […]
July 30, 2019
Detroit Representative calls for minimum wage increase
Fresh off of a victory in the U.S. House -- which voted 231-199 recently to bump the minimum wage to $15 per hour -- U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) called last week for the pay rate …
July 30, 2019
$87M Spent On State Gov’t Advertising In ’18
Besides dodging potholes and orange barrels, Michigan drivers this summer may also find themselves encountering several raccoons staring down at them from billboards beside the road.Besides dodging potholes and orange barrels, Michigan drivers this summer …
July 23, 2019
Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Adopt-And-Amend Tactic
Whether Republican lawmakers could legally scale back the minimum wage and paid sick leave citizens initiatives in lame duck is now in the Michigan Supreme Court's hands.
July 23, 2019
State’s 3 Biggest Insurers Project Rate Decreases On Individual Market
The three biggest health plans in Michigan's individual market are projecting rate decreases on their health insurance plans in 2020, according to their proposed plans filed with the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services …
July 16, 2019
Entrepreneurship-Led Economic Development
When it comes to business development there are tons of programs to assist with access to capital for start-ups or to help larger corporations expand, but the companies in the “middle”, otherwise known as second-stage …
July 16, 2019
MDARD: Rain Delay On Crops Will Cause Long-Term, Statewide Impact
(CHARLOTTE) -- It's not certain yet if consumers will feel a price hike at the grocery store, but this spring's heavy rains will have a long-term impact on Michigan, the state agriculture department director said …
July 16, 2019
What (Not Counting The No-Fault Deal) Is The Biggest Surprise of 2019 So Far?
Believe it or not, more than half of 2019 is already in the history books. What’s more, the past six months have been anything but ho-hum. The agreement to revamp Michigan’s no-fault auto insurance system was …
July 15, 2019
SBAM joins national employer coalition to protect Association Health Plans
Coalition files amicus brief in federal court supporting Association Health Plans.
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