Aug 31, 2006 | Legislative
Michigan employers would no longer be required to pay overtime to salaried professional employees beginning on October 1, under an agreement reached between Governor Granholm and state lawmakers. The announcement was welcome news to job providers concerned about how...
Feb 20, 2006 | Legislative
2006-07 Budget Debate Begins Recently, Governor Jennifer Granholm introduced her 2006-07 Executive Budget Proposal, which included the MDOT Transportation Budget. This budget proposal includes an increase in the road and bridge program due to increased federal funding...
Dec 15, 2005 | Legislative
On November 29, 2004, Governor Granholm signed into law House Bill 4358. This piece of legislation will become effective on January 1, 2006. The new law allows a driver to rebalance the lift-axles making a turn or merge before being weighed. The definition of a...
Oct 11, 2005 | Legislative
Federal Transportation Funding (SAFETEA-LU) & Hurricane Katrina The recent catastrophic disaster resulting from Hurricane Katrina has caused some in Washington D.C. to suggest that funds recently authorized in the six-year transportation act (SAFETEA-LU) be...