Senate Finance Committee Chair Jack Brandenburg (R-Harrison Twp.) one-upped Gov. Rick Snyder and Lt. Gov. Brian Calley Thursday by proposing a heightened personal property tax exemption of $4,800 by 2021, $300 more than the administration's …
Changes to the federal tax code in President Donald Trump's year-end tax cut package would indeed eliminate the ability of Michigan residents to claim personal exemptions on their state income tax returns, Treasurer Nick Khouri …
Getting rid of driver responsibility fees sooner and reforming mental health services in Michigan would count among House Speaker Tom Leonard's (R-DeWitt) legislative priorities for 2018.
Schools with teaching shortages could bring in licensed professionals to teach career-tech courses in their area of expertise, under the flagship bill of a five-bill package designed to get more skilled trades graduates into Michigan's …
An attempt to correct operational flaws at the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) in the wake of their faulty fraud alert system moved out of the Senate unanimously Wednesday and headed to the Governor for his …
House and Senate Democrats' long-awaited "Prevent Wage Theft" bills were dropped Tuesday in the caucus' attempt to crack down on independent contracting and restaurants allegedly siphoning off its servers' tips.
Local governments would need to submit a state-approved plan on how to cover their employees' and retirees' pension and health care costs, under revamped legislation that passed the House and Senate at about 2:30 a.m. …
Three new business-supported oversight panels would be created within the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) under legislation considered Wednesday by a Senate committee.
The Department of Treasury and the Governor could appoint a three-person panel to hammer out an arrangement with a financially struggling local government to ensure that its retiree pension and health care obligations are paid, …
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and House Speaker Tom Leonard (R-DeWitt), after the defeat of their no fault package last week, indicated that they will wait for another chance, perhaps next year.
Two Oakland County communities passed measures Tuesday requiring that a criminal conviction be a prerequisite before police can forfeit property.
The head of the paid sick leave ballot proposal said her campaign is a grassroots one, but it drew funding from just three sources on its latest campaign finance report.
Lawmakers mandated additional savings from the pending no-fault auto insurance reform Thursday before voting to send HB 5013 out of the House Insurance Committee to the floor, where the measure could be taken up as …
The redistricting group Voters Not Politicians (VNP) claims to have collected nearly 300,000 signatures in two months' time, but campaign finance reports released Wednesday show the group still hasn't paid any signature gathering firms.
Legislation designed to clean up the inner workings of the maligned Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) emerged from a bipartisan workgroup Thursday.
The Michigan Supreme Court decided not to hear Menards Inc.'s appeal challenging a lower court's rejection of the Tax Tribunal's “dark stores” method when assessing the big box store's Escanaba property.
Eleven bills of an alternative no-fault auto insurance reform package, sponsored by a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers led by Rep. Ben Frederick (R-Owosso), were introduced this week.
