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.
A new report from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency concludes that the Michigan film tax credit program — the most generous in the nation, paying up to 42 percent of the total cost of making a movie here — costs taxpayers more than it brings in to the state in revenue. The legislature signed a [...]
Republican candidate for governor Rick Snyder is not a big fan of the generous tax credits — up to 42 percent of the total costs — used to attract Hollywood production companies to make movies in the state of Michigan. The Detroit Free Press reports:
Film director Michael Moore has announced that he will use the expected $1 million dollar film tax credit from his Traverse City-based production Capitalism: A Love Story to develop a project that will revitalize Michigan towns by promoting non-profit movie theaters. “We want to turn on the marquee lights, bring in some jobs, pump money [...]
Part of the reason Michigan doesn’t have enough money to pay for public services like education, health care and environmental enforcement, is that the state is giving away billions in tax breaks (a projected $35.8 billion in 2009) for everything from NASCAR speedways, to church vehicles, to companies that install pollution control equipment that is [...]
As lawmakers continue to negotiate next year’s budget, some are urging changes to the state’s film credit program. According to the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency, the program is expected to cost the state $150 million in the next year while providing unclear job benefits.
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