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SBAM Small BIZ PAC announces endorsements for August 7 primary

The Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) Small BIZ PAC has endorsed candidates for the Aug. 7 primary election.

June 12, 2018

Legalized pot goes to the ballot, House opts not to vote

Not only did the House Republican caucus not have the votes to legislatively adopt and amend a citizen initiative to legalize recreational use of marijuana, House Speaker Tom Leonard (R-DeWitt) said Tuesday he's not convinced …

June 12, 2018

Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Law Repealed

.Michigan's prevailing wage law, created in 1965 to require that construction workers on state building projects are paid the prevailing union wage, was repealed when the House passed the citizens' initiative led by the Associated …

May 1, 2018

14th annual Michigan Entrepreneurship Score Card findings

The Michigan Entrepreneurship Score Card offers insight and rankings for each state on Entrepreneurial Climate, Entrepreneurial Change and Entrepreneurial Vitality.

March 16, 2018

2018 ballot proposals

With the midterm election just around the corner, ballot initiatives are beginning to wind down as their 180-day signature collection deadlines are within sight.

December 12, 2017

Scaled-Back Local Pension, OPEB Proposal Wins House, Senate Approval

Local governments would need to submit a state-approved plan on how to cover their employees' and retirees' pension and health care costs, under revamped legislation that passed the House and Senate at about 2:30 a.m. …

November 14, 2017

What’s next on no-fault

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and House Speaker Tom Leonard (R-DeWitt), after the defeat of their no fault package last week, indicated that they will wait for another chance, perhaps next year.

November 14, 2017

Winning asset forfeiture proposals encourage Lucido to do more

Two Oakland County communities passed measures Tuesday requiring that a criminal conviction be a prerequisite before police can forfeit property.

November 9, 2017

Tax reform bill details released

On Nov. 2, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) released a 429-page tax reform bill, entitled: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (H.R. 1). According to the Chairman, the legislation aims …

November 7, 2017

Paid sick leave’s largest donors are out-of-state nonprofits

The head of the paid sick leave ballot proposal said her campaign is a grassroots one, but it drew funding from just three sources on its latest campaign finance report.

November 7, 2017

Legislative Dems make ‘wage theft’ an issue

Lansing Watchdog

October 31, 2017

Lawmakers add savings mandates before reporting no-fault reform

Lawmakers mandated additional savings from the pending no-fault auto insurance reform Thursday before voting to send HB 5013 out of the House Insurance Committee to the floor, where the measure could be taken up as …

October 31, 2017

Redistricting still hasn’t paid for sigs; money going to progressive efforts

The redistricting group Voters Not Politicians (VNP) claims to have collected nearly 300,000 signatures in two months' time, but campaign finance reports released Wednesday show the group still hasn't paid any signature gathering firms.

October 30, 2017

Where to get help managing your regulatory burden

Insight into a new distillery in Lansing, and how business owner Scott Ellis helps manage regulatory burdens within this industry.

October 17, 2017

Coalition introduces alternative reform on no-fault auto insurance

Eleven bills of an alternative no-fault auto insurance reform package, sponsored by a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers led by Rep. Ben Frederick (R-Owosso), were introduced this week.

October 17, 2017

Menards seeks remedy at Supreme Court over tax assessment

Menards Inc.'s attorney asked the Michigan Supreme Court to find the Court of Appeals erred when it overturned a Tax Tribunal's decision that it owed less taxes than the city of Escanaba levied.

October 13, 2017

SBAM reacts to President Trump’s executive order on health care

What does the latest move on health care reform mean for small business owners?

October 11, 2017

Voc ed isn’t just for troubled kids anymore

She's admittedly been out of school for some years, but what Rep. Kathy Crawford (R-Novi) is seeing in her Oakland County schools isn't all that different from what was taking place decades before.