A group of real estate developers and economic development agencies is pushing a statewide plan to capture sales and income taxes to help sweeten a traditional brownfield incentive for large-scale projects. Will Gov. Snyder agree
Lindsay VanHulle
Lindsay VanHulle is a former reporter for Bridge Magazine
Top priorities for GOP legislature this fall
With only 20 work days before Christmas, Republican lawmakers will make big push on energy package, while other priorities might have to wait
How to keep retired business owners (and their cash) in Michigan
Many business owners fund their retirement accounts with income from selling their business. Can Michigan find ways to convince them stay and keep their money here, rather than Florida, when they retire
Entrepreneur program to offer training, microloans to 50 ex-inmates in Detroit
The pilot project, by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Kellogg Foundation and another group is a new effort to connect former prisoners with job
Trump, Clinton economic views a complex buffet for Michigan business
Michigan business groups are mostly staying out of the fray when it comes to endorsing the two major presidential candidates. Tax and global trade policies under the next president are being watched closely by business leaders, including the Big Three
Protesters a thorn during Trump’s Detroit economic speech
Before an unusually rowdy Detroit Economic Club audience Monday, the Republican presidential nominee calls for cutting business taxes, reducing regulations and letting parents fully deduct the average cost of childcare from their taxable income
Michigan pilot extends Pell Grants to prison inmates
Michigan has received the second most grants in the nation in an effort to give prisoners the post-release skills they need to gain work and avoid crime.
How Trump vs. Clinton is likely to impact state races
Business groups and chambers of commerce are backing pro-business candidates in Tuesday’s state House primary election with endorsements and campaign contributions. Yet uncertainty surrounding the presidential race could impact down-ballot races in November
Bills would restore tax credit for angel investors
Venture capitalists point to the credit as a way to make Michigan competitive with other states for startup funding, which they say sends the message that Michigan welcomes entrepreneurs.
Sale of Willow Run site to center for driverless car testing could close next summer
But the American Center for Mobility still lacks $60 million in federal funding said to be needed for the project, which is expected to open in 2018.