Blog categorized as Business

Senate Democrats on Thursday passed a sweeping “consumer protection” law reminiscent of legislation passed in the 1970s designed to give residents more ability to sue businesses that act in arguably deceptive or fraudulent ways.

A conversation-starter proposal to raise the state’s 6 percent corporate income tax (CIT) to 10 percent with the additional revenue going to give public school teachers an estimated $20,000-a-year raise was circulated on the House floor today for co-sponsorship.

Someone with substantial credit card or non-student loan debt would have the first 35 hours of their work week automatically shielded from court-ordered garnishments, under legislation that moved out of the Senate Finance, Insurance and Consumer Protection Committee Wednesday

Michigan ripped to the top of the job growth market in the cannabis space and came in second behind California for the number of cannabis jobs per state as of March, according to a new industry report.

A Warren company alleges the state abused its discretion when canceling a request for proposal (RFP) process before investigating allegations of fraud and conspiracy in the process.