FASTER, PLEASE: Michigan lawmakers continue move toward repealing services tax:

Republicans who hold the majority on the Senate Finance Committee voted to repeal the 6 percent sales tax on some services, which was passed in the early hours of Oct. 1 as the Legislature prevented a prolonged government shutdown at the scheduled start of a new fiscal year. The bill that would repeal the tax now goes to the full Senate for consideration.

The Senate already has voted to delay implementation of the new tax from Dec. 1 to Dec. 20. That would buy the Legislature more time to consider alternatives.