(MACKINAC ISLAND) – Reporters and supporters of Whitmer's Growing Michigan Together Council crowded onto the Grand Hotel porch Thursday morning to hear Gov. Gretchen Whitmer officially announce the council, which will be co-chaired by former …
Mobile home parks don't always come with the greatest reputations, but in 2023 – with low-to middle-income housing for workers sparse in many areas of the state – today's manufactured housing communities are emerging as …
The size of per pupil foundation allowances is among the larger differences in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 School Aid (K-12) budgets offered by the executive, House and Senate, but it's by far not the …
Lawmakers will have roughly $989 million fewer dollars to spend in the state’s General Fund and $105 million more in the state’s school aid fund in 2023, according to new estimates agreed to Friday morning …
Article courtesy MIRS News for SBAM’s Lansing Watchdog e-newsletter The Senate and House were setting up Wednesday their respective spending priorities in preparation for target negotiations with each other and […]
Article courtesy MIRS News for SBAM’s Lansing Watchdog e-newsletter If the least expensive bid a state agency receives is from out-of-state, Michigan-based companies would have extra time to resubmit a […]
Teenagers shouldn't have trouble finding a job this summer, particularly working in hospitality, retail, entertainment or recreation in summer tourist areas, according to Department of Technology, Management and Budget estimates.
Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton) said Thursday he wants "real negotiations" when Democrats want to start talking with Republicans on getting votes to immediately pass a Fiscal Year 2024 spending plan.
Corporations awarded grants from Michigan's Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) Fund would need to ensure any promised job creations would still be in place after two to four years, under the Senate's proposed Labor …
The Senate is on pace to spend at least $726 million less than the governor recommended in her Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 spending plan, based on the seven department budgets that moved out of Senate …
Michigan's aggregate industry would be exempt from the state's sales and use tax while purchasing processing machinery and equipment under legislation approved in the Senate 33-4.
A billboard along Interstate 496 in Lansing promotes the virtues of Florida with a warped version of Michigan’s motto: “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, move to Florida.”
Move over "Pure Michigan." Three "fresh" new TV commercials are being rolled out in surrounding Midwest cities outside of Michigan in an attempt to draw business to the Great Lakes State.
In a Diabetes Alert Day press release last week, Enbridge, operator of the Line 5 pipeline, highlighted the necessity for light oil and natural gas to manufacture medications, exercise equipment, blood sugar meters, injection pens …
Decreases in the state income tax due to revenue increases under a 2015 law are temporary – lasting one year, according to an opinion from Attorney General (AG) Dana Nessel Tuesday.
Michigan's "Right to Work" law will be repealed and prevailing wage will be re-established under legislation Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed without any line-item vetoes.
The Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapses themselves didn’t present a threat to the economy, but investors' fear of losing money is a real threat.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is extending the federal permitting process for the Line 5 tunnel project until spring 2025, which Enbridge said will effectively push the start of construction under the Mackinac Straits …