Uber, Lyft Bump Into Roadblock On Ridesharing Bill
Most legislative resistance to ridesharing appears to be less about the service and more about the finer points.
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Most legislative resistance to ridesharing appears to be less about the service and more about the finer points.
Amazon and other online retailers with ties to Michigan would have to collect its 6 percent sales tax on purchases under legislation approved Thursday by a divided Senate.
Levin, 80, was chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee and was named by "Time Magazine" as one of the nation's best Senators in 2006.
Backers say coerced abortions are a real problem and detractors counter that they already are illegal.
It's crunch time for Michigan lawmakers to reach a deal to address deteriorating roads and bridges.
"Talk about controversy," said WWJ Legal Analyst Charlie Langton. "Wow."
Democrats say it's a politically motivated bid to help Republicans hold power whenever longtime Executive L. Brooks Patterson retires.
The paperwork is in process and the nation's largest municipal bankruptcy will end at midnight, the governor said.
Detroit's emergency manager says the city no longer will be in a financial emergency when it officially exits bankruptcy.
School districts would have to include cyberbullying in their anti-bullying policies and report bullying data to the state under a bill moving ahead in the Legislature.
Michigan lawmakers are breathing new life into bills that would force retailers such as Amazon.com to collect the state's sales tax on Internet purchases.
Eastern Michigan University plans to go tobacco-free starting July 1.
The surprise assault on the headquarters of America's Pacific fleet by the Japanese left more than 2,000 sailors dead, and pulled the United States into World War II.
New legislation would make Michigan the largest state to move away from a winner-take-all system to one that allocates electoral votes proportionally.
"My position is right now, for the attention it would draw into the state, it would be a distraction," Scott Walker said.