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A Court of Claims judge Thursday dealt a blow to the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer administration's effort to block construction of the Line 5 tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac.

An estimated 100,000 Michigan residents, "and then just keep going," will be helped by a seven-bill package expanding expungement eligibility approved Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee, according to Chair Graham Filler (R-DeWitt).

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday she'd pursue administrative rules to expand how many Michigan workers would automatically qualify to receive overtime pay.

The last of what's left of Pure Michigan funding was approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) Board Tuesday for disbursement to the state's travel marketing contractors.

Small businesses create close to 50% of the jobs in Michigan's economy, according to Rep. Tommy Brann (R-Wyoming), so he's teamed up with three other lawmakers to propose a four-bill package that would create an Office of Small Business and make other small business reforms.