Yesterday, Dollar Tree announced it was investing $100 million in tax reform savings to raise wages, boost hours, enhance training, establish paid maternity leave, and increase contributions to retirement plans. Currently, Dollar Tree has over 30 West Michigan locations including: Grand Haven, Grandville, Holland, Jenison, Kentwood, Ludington, Muskegon, Norton Shores, Walker, and Wyoming. This is another example of how companies with a presence in West Michigan are responding positively to the T... Read more

Note: Carter's has locations across West Michigan in Holland, Walker, Grandville, and Byron Center. Tax reform payday: Kid's clothing giant Carter's giving bonuses, boosting retirement funds By David Allison – Editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle February 27, 2018 http://bit.ly/2F8YOqJ Children's clothing giant Carter's Inc. (NYSE: CRI) said Tuesday that thanks to "the significant and unexpected benefit in 2017 of the historic tax reform legislation," the company will spend $20 million to increase... Read more

On Friday, the University of Michigan’s survey of consumers detailed the positive impact tax reform is having on consumer confidence, taxpayers, and the economy. Below are some of the highlights from the survey. Americans see rising income, employment growth and favorable perception of tax reform as top economic news. “Consumer sentiment rose in early February to its second highest level since 2004 despite lower and much more volatile stock prices,” said Richard Curtin, chief economist for the s... Read more

Earlier this week, Mill Steel Co. became the latest example of a company in West Michigan to issue $1,000 bonuses to employees because of tax reform. The Grand Rapids Business Journal reports: A local steel distributor is issuing bonuses to its employees after the recent federal tax overhaul. Grand Rapids-based Mill Steel Company said today it will give a one-time $1,000 bonus to all 400 of its full-time employees, “following the tax cut passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump.” ... Read more

Last week, Congress delivered on an important promise with a once in a generation vote to enact tax reform. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act overhauls our tax code for the first time in three decades by cutting taxes for hardworking taxpayers, small businesses and West Michigan companies. This legislation delivers tax relief for West Michigan by lowering rates, nearly doubling the standard deduction to $12,000 for individuals and $24,000 for families, and doubling the Child Tax Credit from $1,000 to $... Read more

Recently, Congressman Huizenga joined his Michigan Republicans colleagues in voicing his support for the unified tax reform framework created by the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans. The following column appeared in Sunday's Detroit News. Michigan deserves tax reform The Detroit News Jack Bergman, Bill Huizenga, John Moolenaar, Fred Upton, Tim Walberg, Mike Bishop, Dave Trott, and Paul Mitchell October 15th, 2017 The last time our tax code was updated was 1986. Since then, it ... Read more

Asian carp discovery raises stakes to protect the Great Lakes MLive By U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga, Jack Bergman, Justin Amash, John Moolenaar, Fred Upton, Tim Walberg, Mike Bishop, Paul Mitchell and Dave Trott June 30, 2017 As Michiganders, we have a fundamental understanding of the links between our state's economic health and the environmental health of the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes region provides drinking water, jobs, nearly endless recreational opportunities and, of course, countless memo... Read more

The economic downturn in 2008 cost Michiganians their jobs, families their savings, and some even their homes. In response to this seismic event, Democrats in Congress passed and President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law. According to its supporters, Dodd-Frank was a panacea of regulatory solutions that would end “too big to fail” and prevent a future financial crisis. In reality, Dodd-Frank has made it even more difficult for struggling famili... Read more

The economic downturn in 2008 caused Michiganders to lose their jobs, families to lose their savings, and some even to lose their homes. In response to this seismic event, Democrats in Congress passed and President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law. According to its supporters, Dodd-Frank was a panacea of regulatory solutions that would end “too big to fail” and prevent a future financial crisis. In reality, Dodd-Frank has made it even more diffi... Read more

With funding for protecting the Great Lakes on the chopping block under the Trump administration’s budget proposal, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) is making both the ecological and the economic case for saving the largest freshwater system in the world. “The Great Lakes ecosystem is extremely important and I believe we need to continue supporting it – the cleanup of it and the restoration of it,” Huizenga told The Ripon Advance in a recent interview. As co-chair of the bipartisan Great Lakes Tas... Read more