Several years ago under Democratic Governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm, the state Congress passed a very tidy set of tax cuts for filmmakers setting up shop in Michigan. The result has been large numbers of films being made here, spin-off companies starting up and a new movie industry being born in the Midwest. It's safe to say that, at least in southeast Michigan, nearly everyone knows someone who has been in a movie or a television show, at least as an "extra", that was filmed here.
When our new Republican Governor, Rick Snyder, the self-named "Nerd Governor" released his budget last week, those tax incentives, along with tax incentives for brownfield development and for companies making batteries for the electric vehicle industry, were eliminated.