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.
Michigan is the most generous state in the nation when it comes to providing tax incentives to movie production companies looking for places to shoot films. But the state’s 42 percent tax break, established in 2008, could be reduced under two bills being debated in the state Senate.
When Michigan passed aggressive tax breaks to attract the film and television industry to Michigan in early 2008, the hope was that this would lead to strong investment in the state from the movie business. That hope appears to be coming true:
Sigourney Weaver, famous for fighting aliens in blockbuster movies, is in Detroit filming a new special for Lifetime Television, and the production team is looking for 1,000 extras to film a parade scene at the end. It’s the latest example of films being shot on location in Michigan, which the state is hoping to encourage [...]
Less than two months after Governor Jennifer Granholm signed legislation designed to grow the film industry in Michigan, the first studio is being planned. At a news conference in the shadow of the capitol dome, developers announced plans for City Center Studios. The new facility will be built in downtown Lansing just north of Oldsmobile [...]
LANSING -Both the Michigan House and Senate pushed through a package of bills on the fast-track Wednesday aimed at luring film production work to Michigan. House Bills 5841-5855 and Senate Bills 1168-1172 include a wide variety of tax breaks and incentives intended to make Michigan attractive to filmmakers. The hope is the package will mean [...]
LANSING — Michigan lawmakers are hoping to make Michigan the Hollywood of the Midwest with a bipartisan package of bills aimed at attracting the film industry with tax breaks and other incentives. A celebrity lineup testified on Tuesday at a joint meeting of the House Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee, and [...]
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