A budget of nearly $77 billion was catapulted to the Governor’s office ahead of the recent holiday. However, with tax relief compromises still to be made, one economic professional wonders […]
The Michigan Public Service Commission meeting Thursday was packed with people as the commission voted to reopen the order to move Line 5 to a tunnel across the Straits of […]
The Michigan Strategic Fund Board (MSFB) approved community revitalization loans and grants to the tune of nearly $500 million for projects and businesses in Muskegon, Detroit, Sault Sainte Marie and […]
A record-breaking $76 billion state budget, with $15.3 billion coming from the General Fund, rolled out of a House-Senate conference committee early Friday morning and through both chambers of the […]
The Michigan Council on Future Mobility and Electrification is pushing for the Legislature to devote $45 million in the soon-to-be finalized state budget to replace public transit and school buses […]
The Senate approved legislation aiming to lift pandemic-related employer and workforce barriers, which were designed during 2020 to keep workers from being penalized when exposure to COVID-19 previously resulted in […]
The House Oversight Committee took testimony on a package of 30 bills that would provide “guardrails” to limit and codify existing state emergency powers. Rep. Julie Alexander (R-Hanover) testified on the package, […]
In the last 100 years, the correlation between how Democrats do in congressional elections and how Democratic candidates do in state legislative races is nearly identical. Proportionally, the number of […]
Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) head Quentin Messer Jr. told MIRS more investments are necessary to keep Michigan competitive, and “there better be more coming if I want to keep my job.” In the […]
After more than three years spent at the design table, the Senate passed legislation to allow child care providers to accept a few more kids, give them 90-day grace periods […]
(MACKINAC ISLAND) – Although around 136,000 women left the labor force during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Nancy Tellemof the BasBlue women’s club in Detroit believes that now, women can design […]
The Let MI Kids Learn, Secure MI Vote, and One Fair Wage citizen-backed initiatives announced the campaigns have enough petition signatures, but would not turn in the signatures Wednesday, which […]
Several candidates, including five gubernatorial candidates, were ruled ineligible to be on the August primary ballot after a deadlock vote from the Board of State Canvassers regarding fraudulent signatures submitted. […]
The Senate passed a gas tax vacation package to temporarily suspend both Michigan’s gas tax and the sales tax on motor fuel, hoping to sidestep projections of gasoline prices hitting […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Monday touted a $2.1 billion MI New Economy plan to help small businesses and workers capitalize on a growing economy, but businesses are still dealing with pandemic-related echoes that […]
The Republican-led Senate and House passed out $2.5 billion in tax reductions, including an expansion of Michigan’s Earned Income Tax Credit from 6% to 20% in the 2022 tax year […]
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) introduced the new deputy director of Office of Rural Development (ORD) and talked about where initial focus would be placed by […]
(HOWELL) — The record 10-person Republican gubernatorial field separated themselves more clearly along ideological lines at Thursday night’s first post-filing deadline debate, based on the observations of those watching the […]
