Former Browns coach Hue Jackson said Wednesday on ESPN's SportsCenter that the Browns had a "four-year plan" that incentivized losing during the first two years which led to his 1-31 record during the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
Business Leaders' poll shows support for tax incentives, spending stimulus funds on 'megasite' prep | Crain's Detroit Business
Just one-in-six Michigan voters thinks the state has a long-term strategy for attracting new jobs and business investment.About 71 percent of Michigan voters believe job-creation policy depends on who's in office, according to a new statewide poll commissioned by Business Leaders for Michigan.In…
DeVos and Haworth: New corporate welfare is not the answer to Ford's southern investments
By now, you've heard the news that Michigan lost out to Kentucky and Tennessee on an $11.4 billion investment from Ford Motor Co. to build new electric vehicle facilities.To say the decision stung is an understatement. Ford is part of Michigan's DNA and to see a significant future investment go…
How Delta Air Lines mandated employee vaccinations without losing workers
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Commentary: Film incentives make a big difference for workers
We've seen this scripted act of fiction before. Every year at this time, so-called "experts" from biased, politically motivated think tanks release a report concluding it is time to call "cut" on film, TV, and streaming program tax credits nationwide, as a columnist did in the July 26 issue of…
Commentary: The reviews are in, and film incentives are still wrong for Michigan
Some legislators want to resuscitate Michigan's defunct tax subsidies for film and television production — a program that once spent half a billion taxpayer dollars. That would be a colossal mistake.I should know. I've analyzed those incentives more than most. My first nationwide study…
Analysis: Michigan gives out first vaccine lottery prizes, but it hasn't increased vaccination rates
Michigan won't get 70 percent of residents vaccinated against COVID-19 by the Aug. 3 end of the state's "vaccine lottery" program.The realization presents an expensive reality as the state on Wednesday announced the first four winners of the MI Shot to Win lottery program designed to boost…
Commentary: Vaccination lotteries don't move the needle on inoculations
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's MI Shot to Win vaccination lottery program isn't doing much to convince vaccine-hesitant residents to get inoculated. As of July 13, about 62.4 percent of Michigan residents 16 or older have received at least one dose of the vaccine. That's an increase of less than 1…