Take a ride with The Night Move
A couple of years ago I met Chris Ramos who started The Night Move in metro Detroit. Tom Hendrickson of metromode put together this great piece on Chris's carbon-neutral transit company that runs to private shuttles for corporate conferences,…
Photo Friday: it starts tiny, it starts slow by caterpillars
caterpillars (Laura) has a degree in anthropology and studio arts, many cameras (mostly film) and a yard full of lionhead rabbits. She will also totally shoot your wedding, event, or portrait, so contact her.
Check out her Michigan slideshow.…
2008 Detroit Auto Show
Welcome to a special edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan presenting the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, held January 19 - 27, 2008 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan.
We say Detroit Auto Show, you say..?
We're going to continue…
Service Tax repeal appears certain
Capitol, Landing MI by Irina Vasiliu
Below you'll find a news release from Governor Granholm regarding an agreement to add a 21.9% surcharge to the new Michigan Business Tax to replace the 6% Michigan Service Tax.
The Detroit Free Press…
The Eleven Seconds to Midnight Gang rides again
Carousel by jnhkrawczyk
"We've got a shift starting in 36 hours that we've got to charge 6% more on ... and I don't know how to do it."
-John Evans, president of Evans Distribution
Welcome to Michigan, where we somehow seem to be stuck…
6% of x? Untangling Michigan's Service Tax
Half Staff by Apocaplops
UPDATE Oct 25: Carol of ArborLaw.com writes:
I actually have the entire list of services descriptions covered by the law, on my blog at Arborlaw.com. When the law came out, I cross-referenced the NAICS codes (which…
Shutdown averted ... by a service tax
An appeal to reason by Apocaplops
StateGate seems like it might be nearing its conclusion with an 13th hour deal reached at 4 AM when legislators were apparently too tired to fight anymore. The LSJ reports:
"This budget agreement is the…
Michigan Valentine's Day - How Sweet it Is!
If you're looking for something unique for your sweetie this year for Valentine's Day, Dianna Stampfler of Promote Michigan has 14 gift ideas and activities to consider. As usual, we'd love it if you'd add any other suggestions in the comments!
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Vol I, No. 1: Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!
This is a page where we asked folks to say hello. Lots of them did!
The current version of Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization is right there.
Michigan History: St. Joseph - Wedding Capital, U.S.A.
fountain in the woods by catzinahat
Las Vegas boasts that it is America's "wedding capital." Yet, in the early years of the twentieth century, Michigan, especially the Lake Michigan town of St. Joseph, was the "wedding capital of the Midwest."…
Tax on services being considered in Lansing
Country Schoolhouse by nomm de photo
The Detroit News reports that some Democrats, Republicans and public policy experts are saying Michigan needs to take a look at extending the sales tax to cover more services and (perhaps) lowering the…
We do love our cars: Southeast Michigan
TheStrip by Hemicuda82 We do love our cars in Michigan, as this photo of the Summer Classic Car Show in Flint demonstrates. For a century the automobile has defined Michigan and now the demise of the auto industry is redefining us. At Absolute…