Director Julia Dale of Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) said Monday that a Senator's attempt to audit how the state determines an applicant's eligibility requirements and an employer's protests "would probably be premature."
Super Tuesday has come and gone and . . . SURPRISE . . . a President Joe Biden-former President Donald Trump rematch looks inevitable.
Immigration is shaping up to be one of the major issues discussed during the 2024 election cycle, with talking points already being shaped and refuted during President Joe Biden’s State of the State Address.
(GRAND RAPIDS) – A Kent County judge heard the last of the testimony before ruling that Kristina Karamo would not be able to continue to lead one of the two factions of the Michigan Republican Party before …
After one vote, the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) on Wednesday selected its preferred state House map for Metro Detroit's Districts 1-14.
Rep. Mike McFall (D-Hazel Park) has proposed an automatically deducted retirement savings program for private-sector employees, which he said will allow employees to save for retirement even if their employer doesn't offer a program.
Raising child care provider rates to higher levels than what's in the governor's proposed budget, along with creating operational grants for private child care providers serving infants through 3 years of age, must be in …
A revamped version of the 2017 “Good Jobs for Michigan” program received testimony before the House Economic Development Committee, where it was likened to the “Kohl’s Cash of economic development programs” by Rep. Graham Filler (R-St. …
A top line of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy’s (EGLE) budget presentation before the House Appropriations Subcommittee focused on landfill tipping fee increases, which would bring in an additional $80 million and …
The Governor hopes to achieve her vision of free community college tuition for all high school seniors by adding $30 million to the Michigan Achievement Scholarship program – a larger, nearly 2-year-old program that requires …
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday proposed an $80.7 billion budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, which comes in 1.2 percent lower than the record-setting $81.66 billion FY 2024 budget, and was called a “return to normal” by State …
Macomb County Commissioner Mai Xiong, the predicted front runner in the 13th District House special election, has won the Democratic primary with 80 percent of the vote.
Both parties in the House have raised over $1 million in the fourth quarter, with Democrats slightly outraising Republicans by $54,000 in total contributions. Republicans have more cash on hand.
Some Republicans said Whitmer’s 2024 proposals are short-term solutions that won’t help Michigan get back to the future.
Missing from the governor's State of the State (SotS) address Wednesday evening were her calls for paid family leave and prescription drug affordability – both items she wanted to see get done before the end …
The third day of session in 2024 marked yet another day with no action, after a bipartisan bill package making technical changes to Michigan-based trusts was not taken up.
The faction of the Michigan Republican Party (MRP) State Committee that remove Kristina Karamo from the chairmanship on Jan. 6 voted Friday to elect former Congressman and U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra to lead the party.
The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) set the elements it needs to start redrawing the seven state House districts ordered by the federal court, and would do it without a pay raise.