Oct 1, 2007 | Legislative
State government is open for business after lawmakers gave Governor Granholm what she wanted this morning to call off a shutdown. After the Senate early this morning passed a sales tax expansion, Granholm ordered state employees to work, ending a brief halt in...
Oct 1, 2007 | Legislative
Details Emerge on What is a “Taxable Service” The construction industry dodged a major bullet this week during the state’s budget negotiations. All the way up to the 11th hour, the Legislature and governor were discussing adding a sales tax to a range of services. The...
Sep 26, 2007 | Legislative
MITA informed contractors in a bulletin last week about the possibility of a state government shutdown. MITA continues to hear rumors that legislators will avoid the situation by passing a temporary continuation budget. Nonetheless, MITA believes it is important that...
Sep 24, 2007 | Legislative
Senate Finance Committee Approves Highway Trust Fund Fix The Senate Finance committee on September 21 unanimously approved “The American Infrastructure Investment and Improvement Act,” legislation that will generate new revenues for the Highway Trust Fund (HTF)...
Sep 20, 2007 | Legislative
As a possible state government shutdown looms, MITA lobbyists have been busy working the corridors of the state capitol. From raids on road dollars, to gas tax tweaks, new taxes on services, ground water discharge fees or possible government shutdown, the mutations...