Whitmer Vetoes Gas Tax, Income Tax Cuts; Suggests Pausing Sales Tax On Gas
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 […]
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March 22, 2022
March 15, 2022
House Votes To Suspend State’s Gas Tax For 6 Months
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 […]
March 15, 2022
GOP Legislators Demand Energy Independence, More Gas Drilling, Line 5 Safeguards
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 […]
March 8, 2022
Federal Appeals Court Sides With Taxpayers Against IRS
A federal appellate court has sided with taxpayers who alleged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) violated its rules when it created a regulation requiring reporting of cash-value life insurance policies […]
March 8, 2022
$2.5B Tax Cut On Its Way, Governor Wants Negotiations
After Republican lawmakers provided their final approval on a $2.5 billion income tax cut, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has clarified she’s armed with a veto pen and ready to negotiate. “This bill […]
February 28, 2022
Labor Experts: The Great Resignation Is Actually a Great Reshuffle
The quit-rate among Americans reached the highest level in recorded history in fall 2021, which was coined The Great Resignation. Now, a panel of labor experts claims that ‘Resignation” shifted […]
February 28, 2022
MI’s First Pharmaceutical ‘Middlemen’ Mandates Signed
After countless meetings and assessments on the state’s ascending drug costs, the Governor signed legislation Wednesday reining in on how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) absorb revenue from patients needing their […]
February 22, 2022
Pharmacists Can Share Lower, Generic Drug Costs Under Senate-Passed Bill
Pharmacies would be prohibited from participating in contracts that bar them from disclosing prescription drug costs and the price tags of similar products, under legislation that unanimously passed the Senate. […]
February 22, 2022
Ambassador Bridge Blockade Cost Nearly $300M In Auto Industry Losses
The weeklong Ambassador Bridge blockage that was cleared up Sunday cost Michigan and Ontario automakers and their workers $299.9 million in direct losses, according to an Anderson Economic Group (AEG) […]
February 15, 2022
Whitmer Budget Proposal Spends Everything The State Could Spend
(GRAND LEDGE) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ‘s record-breaking $74.1 billion spending plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 recommends spending all of the $14-$15 billion in extra state and federal revenue the state […]
February 9, 2022
First Redistricting Maps Challenge Dies In Court
The Michigan Supreme Court shot down a lawsuit Black voters filed against the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission’s maps on the basis too few districts being drawn in which a majority […]
February 9, 2022
National Group Bankrolling $15 Minimum Wage Proposal; Other Petitions
One Fair Wage Action, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit set up to help tipped servers get out of scratching an existence based on tips, is the driving force behind the latest effort […]
February 1, 2022
House OKs $186M For COVID Impacted Businesses
Gyms, movie theaters, bars and the industries most impacted by COVID-era restrictions would get a chunk of federal COVID-19 relief dollars under a $186.1 million spending plan that passed the […]
February 1, 2022
$250M In Federal Funds Moved To UI Trust Fund Under Bill
Michigan would kick $250 million into the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund as a way to make sure businesses aren’t paying for reported fraud coming out of the unemployment agency during […]
January 18, 2022
HFA Has State Up $2.6B For Last Year, $1.7B For This Year
State government’s flush times don’t appear to be ending any time soon. The Governor and legislative leaders can expect $2.6 billion more than expected for the fiscal year that ended […]
January 18, 2022
Supreme Court Stops Biden Admin’s Vaccination-or-Testing Requirements On Employers
The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday stopped the President Joe Biden administration’s vaccination-or-testing requirement on the nation’s largest employers. The court allowed, however, the administration’s mandate for most health care workers at federally funded health […]
January 11, 2022
State Sets New Record For Daily Case Average, 27,346 New COVID-19 Cases
Michigan broke another COVID-19 record during this current surge of cases, obtaining the highest daily average of 12,680 new cases over the last seven days. Wednesday, Michigan reported 27,346 new […]
January 11, 2022
Former, Current Black Lawmakers, Others Plan Challenge To Redistricting Maps
A group of current and former Black state legislators announced Monday their lawsuit challenging the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission’s (MICRC) newly adopted maps. The suit, which attorney Nabih Ayad filed late […]
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