Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and two Republican legislative leaders reached a deal Thursday that puts the Governor at the negotiating table for the state budget, while also giving lawmakers future say in pandemic orders. Thursday’s […]
(MIDLAND) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has condensed the Vacc to Normal plan down to two more steps, determined by dates on the calendar rather than vaccination levels among the population. By June 1, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]