Miller Running for Macomb Office
U.S. Representative
Candice Miller (R-Harrison Township) announced she is running for the Macomb
County Public Works Commissioner this November. In the run, Ms. Miller is up
against longtime Democratic Public Works Commissioner Anthony Marrocco.
Democratic Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel has endorsed Ms. Miller for the
position.
Senate Panel Approves Secondary Alcohol Location Sales
The Senate Regulatory
Reform Committee approved HB
4895, a bill that allows retailers to be issued a permit to sell alcohol
from a secondary retail location rather than attempting to obtain a separate
license. An amendment adopted tie-barred the bill to SB
344, which allows an applicant for a liquor license to sell on premises to
apply for a license as an Specially Designated Merchant and as a Specially Designated
Distributor. It also decreases the minimum distance between where gas is
dispensed and where alcohol is sold.
Senate Panel OKs Repair Bill
The Senate Regulatory
Reform Committee reported HB
4344, a bill that adjusts repair activities for certain cars. The bill
codifies a number of administrative rules relating to automotive businesses and
allows the Department of State to declare any rules to apply the law under the
Administrative Procedures Act. It also codifies provisions allowing the
department to issue declaratory rulings and take actions against a stockholder,
officer, director or partner of a facility that is a corporation or partnership
that violates certain provisions.
Unemployment Down in February
The unemployment rate
was down to 4.8 percent in February, the lowest jobless rate in the state in
more than a decade. This keeps Michigan below the national average of 4.9
percent. February revenues were lower than expected, however. The House Fiscal
Agency and Senate Fiscal Agency both suspected it was due to lower business tax
collections.