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Democratic candidate for governor Mark Schauer has made both written and verbal requests to debate his opponent Rick Snyder. So far Snyder has refused to even acknowledge the requests have been made stating he’s far too busy being governor to waste time campaigning to keep his job. In fact, it’s possible Snyder may try to […]
On Tuesday, May 28, Governor Snyder signed a new law that gradually raises the minimum wage to $9.25 per hour by 2018. Republicans concerned that a successful petition circulated by Raise Michigan would succeed as a ballot proposal in November, so quickly rammed their bill through the state legislature at lame duck 2012 speed to […]
Michigan’s Budget Woes: You Get What You Pay For (Or Don’t)
Wednesday , 14, May 2014 Nerd Problems Leave a commentToday the Michigan House Fiscal Agency released their forecast report on expected revenues for the next two years. The findings are dismal. The agency projects that the state of Michigan won’t collect as much in taxes as originally thought, and over the next two years the state could suffer from a shortfall of nearly $900 […]