Senate Passes Gas Tax Vacation Package For The Summer
The Senate passed a gas tax vacation package to temporarily suspend both Michigan’s gas tax and the sales tax on motor fuel, hoping to sidestep projections of gasoline prices hitting […]
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May 24, 2022
Whitmer Wants To Take Advantage Of Economic Boom; Perceptions Lag
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Monday touted a $2.1 billion MI New Economy plan to help small businesses and workers capitalize on a growing economy, but businesses are still dealing with pandemic-related echoes that […]
May 24, 2022
Republicans Pass Out $2.5B In Tax Cuts, Dems Want $500 Relief Checks
The Republican-led Senate and House passed out $2.5 billion in tax reductions, including an expansion of Michigan’s Earned Income Tax Credit from 6% to 20% in the 2022 tax year […]
May 17, 2022
New MDARD Office Focuses On Getting Rural Folk Jobs, Housing, Broadband
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 […]
May 17, 2022
GOP Candidates Separate Themselves With These 5 Questions At Debate
(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 […]
May 10, 2022
Coalition Calls On Gov, Legislature To Invest In Affordable, Healthy Homes
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 […]
May 10, 2022
53 Legislators Receive SBAM’s First Endorsement
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 […]
May 3, 2022
Out-Of-State Contributors Boost Election Proposal Fundraising
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 […]
May 3, 2022
Senate Wants $2B Tax Cut; House $1B As Chambers Prepare To Pass Budgets
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 […]
April 26, 2022
SALT Deduction Cap Remains After No Action From Supreme Court
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 […]
April 26, 2022
Senate Cuts Back Whitmer Spending In Preparation For Tax Cut Discussion
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 […]
April 19, 2022
Heads Are Going To Roll; Oversight Panel To Subpoena Ex UIA Director
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 […]
April 19, 2022
Gov Signs Bill To Help Unemployment Agency Track Fraud, Lower Cost
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 […]
April 12, 2022
U.S. Senate Confirms First Black Woman To High Court
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 […]
April 12, 2022
Biden’s Bad Numbers May Not Mean Red Wave
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 […]
March 28, 2022
More Than 60% Support Suspending Gas Taxes
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 […]
March 28, 2022
$4.8B Water, Infrastructure Bills on the Way to Gov
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 […]
March 22, 2022
UIA Hired Embezzlers, Known Crooks During COVID
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 […]
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