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Commentary: Film incentives make a big difference for workers
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…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
Commentary: Film incentives make a big difference for workers
Vaccine drive hits diminishing returns but plows on
Vaccine drive hits diminishing returns but plows on
Only a mile and a half from the nearest CVS Pharmacy, Deborah Hurst received the first dose of a Pfizer vaccine last week sitting at a computer desk at her home in Lincoln Park, the midsummer sun peeking through the rear sliding door. The 68-year-old retired school teacher finally received the…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
Vaccine drive hits diminishing returns but plows on
Commentary: The reviews are in, and film incentives are still wrong for Michigan
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…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
Commentary: The reviews are in, and film incentives are still wrong for Michigan
Analysis: Michigan gives out first vaccine lottery prizes, but it hasn't increased vaccination rates
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…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
Analysis: Michigan gives out first vaccine lottery prizes, but it hasn't increased vaccination rates
Commentary: Vaccination lotteries don't move the needle on inoculations
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…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
Commentary: Vaccination lotteries don't move the needle on inoculations
U.S, EU agree truce in 17-year Airbus-Boeing conflict
U.S, EU agree truce in 17-year Airbus-Boeing conflict
The United States and the European Union have agreed a truce in their near 17-year conflict over aircraft subsidies, suspending for five years one set of Trump-era tariffs which had soured relations between them.
derek68·reuters.com·
U.S, EU agree truce in 17-year Airbus-Boeing conflict