Jun 27, 2008 | Legislative
Michigan employers employing 2 or more employees who are at least 16 years old are required to pay the Michigan minimum wage of $7.40 per hour beginning July 1, 2008. The Federal Minimum Wage is set to increase to $6.55 per hour July 24, 2008, but is less than the...
Jun 26, 2008 | Legislative
After months of wrangling and debate, lawmakers have come to an agreement on water withdrawal legislation, quickly passing new water protection legislation and sending it to the governor. MITA has been tracking the legislation closely for the past year, ensuring there...
Jun 19, 2008 | Legislative
Contractors would be paid by governmental units in a more timely manner, in legislation passing House Committee this week. The package of bills known as “prompt pay” legislation (HB 6173-6176) is a MITA initiative that has been in the works for two years. The...
Jun 11, 2008 | Legislative
Legislature Approves Airport Funding After months of political wrangling, the House sent a bill to the governor’s desk that will provide over $160 million to Michigan’s airports to upgrade their infrastructure. The money was federal dollars that needed to be...
May 22, 2008 | Legislative
MITA staff and select members led a delegation of the Michigan Transportation Team to Washington to lobby for more federal road dollars. Currently, our state receives only 92 cents of every transportation dollar we send to the federal government and the Federal...
May 9, 2008 | Legislative
The MITA legislative team has been busy this week pushing policymakers to act on key issues. There is about $160 million in airport funding projects tied up in a capitol outlay bill pending in the Legislature. MITA has been very concerned that the delay in approving...