… hikes coming down the pike. Actually, they’re already here: Last year, the Land of Lincoln passed a 67-percent income tax increase and a massive business … others agree. (Littmann is the former senior vice president for Comerica Bank and one of the most respected economists in the state; he is also senior …
… Spalding of the importance of economic freedom. While at the Center, Spalding hopes to expand educational choice, stanch the spread of government land banks and explore Michigan’s many bike trails.
… authority, authorize grants to local governments to create “wetland mitigation banks,” slightly reduce wetland regulatory burdens imposed on county drain commission … the scope those required by federal law, and make other changes to these land use restrictions. Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" House Bill 4042, …
… Licensing Mandate On Dieticians, Nutritionists Bill Would Lessen Mandates On Landscape Architects Proposed Bill Would Provide Accountability For Land Banks Bill Would Increase Portion of Public Employee Health Care Cap Minimum Wage Increase - A Serious Effort Or Just Rhetoric? Bill Would Allow Community …
… Steelcase "Pyramid" building for a loosely defined, education-related "public/private partnership," along with other spending including more money for "land banks." The bill would also authorize $60.3 million in new debt for state college and university construction projects. Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted …
… law, instead basing pay strictly on degree-level and seniority. We learned of this through FOIA requests we sent to school districts. The Detroit Land Bank’s blight demolition program has come under scrutiny and was subject to a federal investigation for wasted funds and inefficiencies. An open records …
… thinking. But a working paper published in July by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia upends the conventional wisdom that gentrification harms … Travis County homeowner just in the last five years. He also cited burdensome land-use and building regulations as key contributors to Austin’s housing affordability …
… have completed advanced degrees. They will likely be fine. Maybe they won’t land their dream job, but they’re still highly employable and will be able to … today, adjusted for inflation. According to a study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, for every $1 in federal loans and grants, schools have increased …
… 43,000 parcels of vacant city land to get it developed and back … Acquest Realty and National Bank of Detroit, some economic development … lawsuits are so common that many banks refuse to lend to developers. … cleanups should be suited to the land's future use. Every project … investigation costs on municipal land. Covenants not to sue should …
… The state has offered to kick in $55 million for land and infrastructure costs using money from the state … Wayne County, for its part, will pony up "surplus" land and institute new taxes on hotel stays and car … Park" thanks to a $66 million deal with Comerica Bank, and Detroit's Downtown Development Authority will …
… of the contamination. The property sits on the bank of the Grand River, five blocks from the state … Aquilina ruled that he had held up his end of the land purchase contract and awarded the brownfield package … a privately-owned apartment complex on private land. Fisher believes the Lansing City Council's attempt …
… Better mapping reduces the costs of wildfires Less land is affected by wildfires Air conditioning costs … has a long shelf life Pesticides reduce amount of land needed for farming Geospatial technology allows … adding to their forested lands. For example, World Bank figures indicate that the United States increased …
… us a dozen roses — when they land their jobs elsewhere. In 1960, … pharmaceutical, oil and gas, and land fill/recycling firms. The … business and living climate in the land — not to this or that special … and the falling prices for land and labor resources, the potential … chief economist of Comerica Bank, is senior economist at the …
… depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the importance of cultivating … heart, you will find that they will buy your surplus land, make blossom the waste places in your fields, … carving, paintings, the management of drug-stores and banks, has not been trodden without contact with thorns …
… connected politically than new or existing small businesses. The Urban Land Assembly Fund is another state government-to-business transfer program, … record, will say that government should be an active investor, a public bank financing a wide variety of business undertakings. Others will argue that …
… approved by Congress in 1998. If this legislation should become the law of the land, then in Governor Engler's view, In effect, the federal government will … ensure that the revenue is routed to specific state and local government bank accounts. What Governor Engler may not realize is that basing his case …
… property taxes, and insurance within a reasonable share of their income. Banks and other lending institutions, federally-chartered institutions supporting … being a sale for tax purposes. Long-term leasebacks, leases-to-purchase, land contracts, intra-family transfers, and other arrangements blur the distinction …
… for a one-time transfer of $15.0 million of the unreserved balance of the Land Survey and Remonumentation Fund to the General Fund." "General Fund" is … But money for the protection of property rights is far from the only piggy bank that has been raided by lawmakers. Here is another from earlier this month, …
… Voted "No" House Bill 4803, Sell state fairgrounds: Passed 34 to 4 in the Senate To transfer the state fairgrounds in Detroit to a Michigan "Land Bank Fast Track Authority" created by the legislature in 2003, which has extensive powers to assemble and dispose of tax reverted property. Alternatively, …
… authority, authorize grants to local governments to create “wetland mitigation banks,” slightly reduce wetland regulatory burdens imposed on county drain commission … scope of those required by federal law, and make other changes to these land use restrictions. Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" House Bill 4743, …
