Child Tax Credit Passes Senate; Expanded Biz Tax Deduction Passes House
Taxpayers would be allowed to claim a tax credit of up to $500 per every dependent child 18 and younger for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022 to 2025 under a bill […]
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May 18, 2021
May 18, 2021
House Budget: UIA Won’t Get Paid If Unemployed Aren’t Looking For Jobs
The Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) would not be able to spend any of its Michigan Works! money until the agency maintains full-time, in-person services, under the House’s budget for Fiscal Year […]
May 11, 2021
Outdoor Mask Mandate Mostly Gone, Fully-Vaxxed Can Go Maskless At Gatherings
Masks will no longer be needed outdoors unless a gathering exceeds 100 people, under the latest update to the state’s COVID-19 epidemic orders. The new Michigan Department of Health and […]
May 11, 2021
Wentworth: I Don’t Know Where We Go From Here
House Speaker Jason Wentworth (R-Farwell) said Tuesday morning he doesn’t know where working relations with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake) go after last week’s unexpected announcement on tying COVID restriction […]
May 4, 2021
UIA, Lawmakers Urged To Reinstate Work Search Requirement
After hearing business owners urge lawmakers to reinstate work search requirements for the unemployed to get benefits, the House Oversight Committee also heard the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) say it […]
May 4, 2021
Supplemental Offers Unemployed $1,000 To Go Back To Work
Unemployed workers would be eligible for a $1,000 grant for leaving the unemployment system and returning to work under a supplemental bill approved Thursday morning by the House Appropriations Committee. […]
April 27, 2021
Albert Lays Out Stimulus Preferences; Gov Brings In Singh
House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Albert (R-Lowell) is staking his ground on how he wants to spend roughly $5.7 billion in uncommitted federal COVID relief money the state can essentially spend as […]
April 27, 2021
Quarterly Budgets; Executive Cuts Highlight House Budgets
Nine state departments would be funded quarterly, as opposed to annually, and 44 high-level state executives would have their positions eliminated under six budget bills that moved out of House […]
April 20, 2021
DHHS Extends Mask, Gatherings Order; Kids 2-4 Must Mask Up
Children ages 2 to 4 will need to mask up at childcare facilities or camps starting April 26 under an extended Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) order issued […]
April 20, 2021
State Bidders To Be Asked More Probing Questions; Biz Groups Skeptical
The state will begin asking prospective bidders deeper questions on its vendor question worksheets regarding their labor and environmental compliance record and the Chamber is openly questioning the motives. Gov. […]
April 13, 2021
14-Day Quarantine Reinstated For COVID-19 Cases
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is reinstating a standard 14-day quarantine for those who have had close contact with anyone who has had COVID-19, which removes the option for […]
April 13, 2021
Gov. Recommends Two-Week Pause For In-Person Learning, Youth Sports, Avoid Indoor Dining
The governor is calling on high schools to voluntarily pause in-person learning for two weeks after their spring break, that youth sports also be suspended for two weeks, and that Michigan […]
April 6, 2021
Whitmer Not Bringing Up New Restrictions As Case Numbers Climb
If Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is going to turn up the dial on further restrictions in the face of a “third surge” of COVID-19 […]
April 6, 2021
Another COVID Variant Hits State; March Cases Nearly 3 Times As Much As Feb
Another variant of COVID-19 is now present in Michigan after the state Thursday announced the confirmed case of the “Brazil variant” in a Bay County resident. The Brazil variant – […]
March 30, 2021
Gov Says Nice Try On Legislature Sending Her Vetoed Spending Again
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Friday Friday took the veto axe to SB 0029 and SB 0114, two supplemental spending bills that consisted of appropriations she line-item vetoed out of a mid-year supplemental this […]
March 30, 2021
Senate R’s Pass Metric-Drive Reopening Plan
If the metric-driven restaurant reopening plan that passed the Senate Thursday were in effect today, restaurants would be at exactly where they are today — 50% capacity. The plan encased in SB 0250 has […]
March 23, 2021
COVID Cases, Outbreaks In Schools Continue Upward Climb
New COVID outbreaks tied to schools continued to rise in March, the same month nearly all school districts were supposed to begin offering in-person learning if they hadn’t already. The […]
March 23, 2021
Senate Gets Canadian Officials To Support Line 5
The Gov. Gretchen Whitmer administration plan on moving propane to the Upper Peninsula — if she’s successful in shutting down Line 5 before the construction of the tunnel under the Mackinac […]
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