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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - When you take your pet to the vet, you expect a healthy and safe return, but for a Lansing family, the visit ended in heart break when they found their dog dead on the side of theget more >> Mireles took his family dog to Comprehensive Animal Hospital for surgery with Dr. Agbonaget more >> LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A pawn shop owner in south Lansing caught a thief on-camera stealing more than $2,000 worth of diamond jewelry from his store, while the thief's three accomplices kept the storeget more >> Surveillance video catches a suspected thief stealing more than $2,000 worth of diamond jewelry from a Lansing pawn shopget more >> JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is looking for information on a man they say stole several firearms and silencers. It happened on May 8 at the Schupback'sget more >> They say after the store closed, a man came out of hiding and stole several firearms and silencersget more >> OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (WLNS) - Orion Donaldson moved to Oklahoma City just a few months ago from his hometown of Mason. Today, he's left facing the damage and destruction done just a few miles away in Mooreget more >> Even though his roots are in mid-Michigan, he says he'll be heading to Moore this weekend to help clean up his new neighborsget more >> LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – The office of the Michigan attorney general has filed a lawsuit against a Lansing-based production company for failing to pay thousands of dollars in employee wages. Accordingget more >> The Michigan attorney general's office has filed a lawsuit against a Lansing-based production company for failing to pay thousands of dollars in employee wagesget more >> The Michigan Supreme Court says medical marijuana users aren't automatically breaking the law if they're caught driving after using the drug. The court on Tuesday unanimously overturned an appeals courtget more >> Police must show medical marijuana users actually "under the influence"get more >> Crime Stoppers of Mid-Michigan is asking for the public's help in one incident and locating two men wanted for felonies. On Thursday, March 7 around 11:30p.m., officers were dispatched to the 200 blockget more >> If you have any information, you're asked to call Crime Stoppers at 517-483-STOPget more >> Some 300 people in Jackson filed a petition, saying it was a plan that just wreaked and was plain dirty. And Tuesday city council made a clean move in terms of their trash removal. By a five to one vote,get more >> Some 300 people in Jackson filed a petition, saying it was a plan that just wreaked and was plain dirty. get more >> JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - A 30-year-old woman could be in front of a judge Monday to face charges for the death of a man believed to be her boyfriend. Officials say the incident happened Saturday at anget more >> Neighbors commented that the suspect and the victim had a noticeably abusive relationshipget more >> LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – More than 200 new jobs are coming to the General Motors Lansing Grand River Plant, the company announced on Monday. General Motors says the new jobs will be the result of a $44.5get more >> GM says it plans to pump $44.5 million into building a new facility, leading to 200 additional jobsget more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - State auditors are knocking Michigan's tax-free Renaissance Zones, saying commerce officials haven't come up with a way to measure the program's effectiveness.
A report released Wednesday says the state relies on reports from businesses and hasn't verified the number of new jobs or how much private money has been invested.
Businesses operating in Renaissance Zones are free of many local and state taxes. They range from urban areas in the Lower Peninsula to remote, rural areas in the Upper Peninsula. The audit estimates that tax breaks worth $820 million have been granted since 1997, mostly local taxes.
The state says more than 12,000 jobs have been created, but auditors say the number hasn't been independently verified. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. is working on ways to judge the program's effectiveness.
