I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
The Detroit News reports that the Michigan Economic Growth Authority approved $2.6 million in additional tax breaks for General Motors as an incentive to keep at least 2,500 workers at the Renaissance Center.
The most high-profile project addressed by the MEGA board Tuesday involved additional tax incentives to help GM maintain its world headquarters at the Renaissance Center.
The MEGA board Tuesday approved extending a tax credit to GM for 2,500 employees at the RenCen. There are about 4,000 workers there now but GM is reshuffling workers under a broad facilities review and it is unclear how many workers would remain in Detroit. The tax break would be worth $2.6 million annually if GM keeps 2,500 employees at the RenCen.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm said it was “incredibly important” from an economic and symbolic standpoint that GM keep its world headquarters at the RenCen.
“It’s a symbol. For (GM) to abandon Detroit would send a terrible message,” she said. “We hope as many employees as possible stay at the Renaissance Center.”
At some point, the state must address the use of tax breaks as an incentive to investment at a time of flagging tax revenue. As we reported a week ago, the state last year offered $6.3 billion more in business tax breaks than it collected in taxes.
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