The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) introduced the new deputy director of Office of Rural Development (ORD) and talked about where initial focus would be placed by […]
(HOWELL) — The record 10-person Republican gubernatorial field separated themselves more clearly along ideological lines at Thursday night’s first post-filing deadline debate, based on the observations of those watching the […]
A broad coalition of business, housing, economic development, anti-poverty, energy and environmental groups Thursday called on the Governor and Legislature to prioritize affordable, healthy homes for Michigan families. The Resilient […]
Forty-one Republicans and 13 Democrats — all of whom either currently serve in the Legislature or who have served in the past — were endorsed Wednesday in the first wave […]
Promote the Vote 2022, the constitutional amendment proposal that would allow voters without an ID to vote with an affidavit and creates an early voting system in Michigan, has spent […]
Republicans have promised to deliver worthwhile tax relief in the age of ascending inflation and costly necessities, and GOP senators hope a $2 billion “tax cut” allowance will help them […]
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to review a four-state challenge to the 2017 tax law capping federal tax deductions for state and local taxes, known as SALT. As a […]
Roughly 10% of the spending Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wanted in next year’s health and human services budget was cut out of a Senate plan that moved out of subcommittee Wednesday afternoon as […]
Members of a joint House and Senate Oversight committee announced Wednesday they would be issuing subpoenas to have former Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) Director Steve Gray appear to answer questions […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill Monday to crack down on unemployment fraud and lower the cost of unemployment for small businesses in Michigan. HB 5525 adds $139.8 million to the Unemployment Compensation […]
Three Republican Senators joined all 50 Democrats Thursday to confirm federal appeals judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Cheers greeted Jackson as the 53-47 vote was announced, making her […]
New national polling data suggests Democrats have every reason in the world to believe that their president is a drag on the mid-term election for them, but the suggestion that […]
More than 60% of voters support suspending both the state and federal gas tax, according to new Marketing Resource Group (MRG) polling. The March 18-21 survey of 604 likely Michigan voters […]
The House and Senate gave its blessings Thursday to a colossal water infrastructure and quality-of-life supplemental, sending the $4.8 billion spending bills to the governor’s office in the hopes the […]
More than 5,500 Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) staff members were not given a criminal background check before they were brought on board, and according to an audit released Friday […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed both the $2.5 billion income tax cut and the $750 million gas tax pause Friday afternoon, writing in her letter that she wants to work with […]
Michigan’s 27.2-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax would be suspended for six months in an attempt to lower gas prices amid the price surge caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, under legislation House […]
Senate and House Republicans passed non-binding resolutions calling Wednesday on the United States and Michigan to ramp up domestic oil and gas drilling and to safeguard Line 5 oil pipeline […]