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- Will sales tax shorten Atlanta commutes, reduce traffic? - Atlanta Journal Constitution - May 20, 2012
- Council tax battle looming - Worcester Telegram - May 20, 2012
- GAAR deferred but new tax rule may keep foreign investors away - NDTV - May 20, 2012
- Special IT unit to handle BCCI-IPL tax cases - Times of India - May 20, 2012
- Income tax-cutting proposal faces stiff test in Oklahoma House - NewsOK.com - May 20, 2012
- Must veto tax bill - Kansas.com - May 20, 2012
- Taking slice out of labor key to Gov. Jerry Brown's tax campaign - San Jose Mercury News - May 19, 2012
Education Tracker
- mi HB 4645: Education; teachers; professional teaching certificate; eliminate, and provide for single teaching certificate that does not require continuing education. Amends sec. 1531 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1531) & repeals sec. 1531e of 1976 PA 451.
- mi HB 4690: Education; teachers; teacher tenure commission; eliminate, and have board of education perform functions of. Amends title & sec. 2, art. II, secs. 3 & 4, art. IV & sec. 1, art. VI of 1937 (Ex Sess) PA 4 (MCL 38.82 et seq.) & repeals art. VII of 1937 (Ex Sess) PA 4 (MCL 38.131 - 38.140).
- mi HB 4705: Education; reports; schools to exclude information about incarcerated pupils from accreditation data and annual education reports; allow. Amends secs. 1204a & 1280 of PA 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1204a & 380.1280).
- mi SB 112: Education; school districts; education financial emergency resolution board to provide oversight of school district emergency financial managers; create, and prescribe powers and duties. Amends sec. 38 of 1990 PA 72 (MCL 141.1238).
- mi SB 131: Education; other; education mandate rollback contracts waiving certain statutory and administrative requirements as part of performance contract; allow. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1290 & repeals sec. 1290 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1290).
- mi SB 132: School aid; other; school aid requirements; make subject to education mandate rollback contracts. Amends 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1601 - 388.1772) by ading sec. 9. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0131'11
- mi HB 4141: Education; reorganization; school district services consolidation commission to make recommendations for orders on consolidation of school services; create. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding secs. 762 & 763.
Local News
- 2,500 runners, walkers raise money at Susan G. Komen Southwest Michigan Race for the Cure - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- Registration for 5K run/walk at Van Buren State Park under way - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- Senior PGA Championship brings golf star power to Southwest Michigan - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- Golf Channel, meet the Food Network at Senior PGA Championship in Benton Harbor - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- Births from Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- Southwest Michigan Links: New patrol plan introduced in Allegan; Marcellus woman dead after three-vehicle crash - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- Hastings man airlifted to hospital after crashing motorcycle into Barry County sheriff's patrol - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- Jase Bolger: There's no Republican conspiracy to eliminate public schools, we agree with Obama - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- Dowagiac community-wide garage sale to feature more than 75 sales - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- Cory Booker: 'The great American crisis of our generation is education' - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- Market for summer jobs for Kalamazoo-area teens improving, albeit slowly - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- Indiana man dies after car crash in Cass County - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- U.S. colleges put low priority on student learning, say authors of 'We're Losing Our Minds' - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- 2 Vicksburg teens arrested during break-in at BP Express Mart, police say - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
- Crime reports from Kalamazoo Public Safety for May 19, 2012 - Kalamazoo News - May 20, 2012
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The Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce serves as the collective voice for business on issues affecting business and the Kalamazoo community. They are able to accomplish together what no one business could do alone. Elected officials and government administrators are constantly seeking guidance and input from business people like you. They know that a key to their re-election and the future prosperity of the community is a strong economic climate and positive business climate.
Your participation in engaging our elected leaders locally, in Michigan, and the United States is critical to our ability to effect positive change within the region. Please use the tools and information provided on this site to advocate for a positive economic climate for Southwest Michigan.
Steward Sandstrom CCE, President and CEO
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- mi HB 4645: Education; teachers; professional teaching certificate; eliminate, and provide for single teaching certificate that does not require continuing education. Amends sec. 1531 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1531) & repeals sec. 1531e of 1976 PA 451.
- mi HB 4690: Education; teachers; teacher tenure commission; eliminate, and have board of education perform functions of. Amends title & sec. 2, art. II, secs. 3 & 4, art. IV & sec. 1, art. VI of 1937 (Ex Sess) PA 4 (MCL 38.82 et seq.) & repeals art. VII of 1937 (Ex Sess) PA 4 (MCL 38.131 - 38.140).
- mi HB 4705: Education; reports; schools to exclude information about incarcerated pupils from accreditation data and annual education reports; allow. Amends secs. 1204a & 1280 of PA 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1204a & 380.1280).
- mi SB 112: Education; school districts; education financial emergency resolution board to provide oversight of school district emergency financial managers; create, and prescribe powers and duties. Amends sec. 38 of 1990 PA 72 (MCL 141.1238).
- mi SB 131: Education; other; education mandate rollback contracts waiving certain statutory and administrative requirements as part of performance contract; allow. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1290 & repeals sec. 1290 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1290).
