Tag: Michigan

From MIRS: Long-Awaited Transportation Package Squeaks Through Senate

From MIRS, 11/13/2014, http://www.mirsnews.com After months of indecision, the state Senate today pushed through a bill that would raise the gas tax to a new wholesale level of 15.5 percent by 2018 in the hopes of siphoning more than $1 billion in extra funding… Continue Reading “From MIRS: Long-Awaited Transportation Package Squeaks Through Senate”

Immigration Reform Moving in Michigan; Stalled in Washington

The Northern Michigan Chamber Alliance has been following the growing need for immigration reform within the United States and Michigan.  In 2011, twenty eight percent of small businesses in the United States were started by immigrants. In Michigan alone over the last decade, one… Continue Reading “Immigration Reform Moving in Michigan; Stalled in Washington”

Reminder: Minimum Wage Increase Coming Sept. 1st

In May 2014, the Michigan legislature passed an increase to Michigan’s minimum wage law. As a reminder to all business owners and employers in northern Michigan, the first step of the increase starts this year, on September 1, 2014, when the minimum hourly wage… Continue Reading “Reminder: Minimum Wage Increase Coming Sept. 1st”

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