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…
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…
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…
VR collaboration opens huge production possibilities - SkyReal
VR collaboration enable exchanges as they are in real life erasing the barrier made by distance between two work teams and allowing total interactions.
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…
Learn all about diminishing marginal utility in just a few minutes! Professor Jadrian Wooten of Penn State University details diminishing marginal utility as...
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.
The FDA Has Approved A New Alzheimer's Drug — Here's Why That's Controversial
This is the first new drug approved for Alzheimer's disease since 2003. It's the first to show significant progress against the sticky brain plaques that are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.
Is Rangers’ risk of having catchers set up on one knee worth the reward of strikes gained?
DENVER — The Rangers weigh the rewards vs. the risks of having towering Jonah Heim set up on one knee to get his body lower for pitchers. The rewards: He’s...