The Detroit Free Press reports that Republican lawmakers announced plans to seek a cut in the state's alternative business tax for small businesses from 2% to 1%, reducing taxes for Michigan's 30,000 small businesses by an average of $700. They also hope to head off proposed tougher ergonomic standards on businesses which they say would be too costly for employers. Gov. Granholm's office responded that these tax cuts lack a funding mechanism.

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