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Mich. regulator wants more info on proposed mine
Lansing :: MI :: USA | 2 days ago
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Michigan's chief environmental regulator wants more information about a rocky outcrop in Marquette County that could affect plans for a nickel and copper mine. Steven Chester, director of the Department of Environmental Quality, on Friday asked Administrative...
Tags: Michigan House, schools funding
Examiner.com: Anchorage, Alaska: Mich. bill exempts underage drinkers who call 911
Lansing :: MI :: USA | 26 days ago
Credibility A Michigan House committee has voted to exempt minors from prosecution for underage drinking if they or their friends call 911 for medical assistance. The bill approved 13-0 Wednesday is supported by prosecutors and East Lansing 's police chief. Supporters...
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Michigan House votes to suspend income tax exemption
Lansing :: MI :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Democratic-led state House has voted to suspend an inflationary increase in the personal exemption on Michigan's income tax to help avoid deeper spending cuts in state government. A bill approved Tuesday 58-51 mostly along party lines would save roughly...
Tags: Michigan House, income tax
WB 20 Detroit (WYMD): Granholm Reveals Plan
Lansing :: MI :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Gov. Jennifer Granholm has taken heat for keeping secret her plans to avoid a projected $2.8-billion deficit in the state budget. Tuesday, she tipped her hand and showed how far apart she is from Senate Republicans in a budget deal. Granholm's proposal...
Tags: Michigan House, Jennifer Granholm
Michigan jobless rate dips slightly to 15 percent
Lansing :: MI :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Michigan's monthly unemployment rate has dropped for the first time in more than a year. More Business But good news is relative when it comes to the state's economy. The 15 percent seasonally adjusted jobless rate for July, announced Wednesday, likely...
Crain's: Detroit: Michigan Democrats want to expand renewable energy law
Lansing :: MI :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Democrats who control the Michigan House want more electricity to come from renewable sources. The proposal discussed Monday calls for 30 percent of the state's power to come from sources such as wind and solar by 2025. It would build upon a state law...
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NBC 16 South Bend (WNDU): Michigan Republicans unveil 2009 budget plan
Lansing :: MI :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility For some time now, Michigan's high unemployment rate has caused people to move out of the state. However, Republicans in the Michigan House hope to change that...The plan is a specific list of reforms and spending reductions that balance the budget without...
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Examiner.com: Anchorage, Alaska: Mich. House speaker to detail health coverage plan
Lansing :: MI :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon wants to create a single, statewide health care coverage plan for public employees. The pool could cover hundreds of thousands of workers within state government, local governments and public schools...Supporters say...
Tags: Michigan House, check stations
Michigan begins 'furlough days'
Lansing :: MI :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility A majority of state offices in Michigan closed Friday in the first of six unpaid days off for state workers the governor's office said would save $22 million. State parks and prisons remain open for in business, as did the Mackinac Bridge, The Detroit...
Michigan cuts horse racing dates due to budget
Lansing :: MI :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Michigan is eliminating horse racing dates this summer because of the state's budget problems. Racing commissioner Christine White on Tuesday signed orders cutting 101 dates at thoroughbred and harness tracks. Pinnacle Race Course in New Boston will lose...
Tags: Michigan House, Michigan Department of Agriculture, horse race, race dates
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