As of Wednesday, 2.1 million voters had requested absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 general election, eclipsing a record set during the August primary of 2,065,000 requests for absentee ballots, […]
Pointing to her strategy to confront the COVID crisis, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce Wednesday that “our economy is operating at 87% of what it was […]
Don Slimmen, owner of the 16-lane Spartan West Bowling Center in Ludington, told a legislative panel Wednesday morning that he will be out of business in 30 days if he’s […]
The Legislature hastily approved measures Wednesday morning designed to plug a $2.2 billion hole in the state’s current year budget with mostly federal money, $350 million from the Rainy Day […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and legislative leaders agreed June 29 to shift around nearly enough federal money to fill the $2.2 billion hole in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget without funding […]
The Michigan Court of Appeals Thursday said legislation allowing construction of a Line 5 tunnel beneath the Mackinac Straits is constitutional. Attorney General Dana Nessel plans to appeal the ruling, […]
Late Friday, May 22, the U.S. Small Business Administration and Department of the Treasury released guidance for loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This guidance follows up on […]
The Consumers Energy Foundation is donating $1.8 million to nine organizations to provide a lifeline to small businesses across Michigan – focusing in particular on helping female- and minority-owned businesses.
Reopening Michigan cannot be about lives vs. the economy, it must be about both, the Michigan State Medical Society and Small Business Association of Michigan together stressed today.
Gov. Gretchen WHITMER will spell out before month's end what businesses can reopen when, and how, she pledged today during a roughly 20-minute conversation with the Small Business Association (SBAM) of Michigan.
As with the prior order, Executive Order 2020-42 limits gatherings and travel and requires all workers who are not necessary to sustain or protect life to stay home.
Launch statewide effort to encourage Michigan businesses to apply for $349 billion SBA Paycheck Protection Program, starting today.
The bipartisan legislation—the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act—designed to pump $2 trillion into the U.S. economy to help millions of American workers and businesses survive the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic …
Following issuance of a ‘Stay Home, Stay Safe, Save Lives’ order in Michigan by Governor Whitmer in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, SBAM President Brian Calley issued the following statement:
Statement from SBAM President Brian Calley: “Everyone can agree that the most important thing we can do for our people is to slow the spread of COVID-19 and ‘flatten the […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's program to pay for the two-year degree or industry-recognized certificate to those 25-years-old and older swiftly passed the House and Senate Thursday by wide margins.
Process for Accessing SBA’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disaster Relief Lending.
Senate Republicans expressed their distaste for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's bonding plan Wednesday by moving a pair of measures designed to provide some "guardrails" on borrowing money for roads.