Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and gubernatorial primary winner Tudor Dixonhave agreed to two televised debates to be held in October. WOOD TV8 in Grand Rapids will host the first debate at 7 p.m. Oct. […]
The Michigan Strategic Fund Board unanimously approved the creation of the State Small Business Credit Initiative 2.0 Technical Assistance Program Tuesday. The program will use $72 million for loans and […]
It does not contain everything they wanted, but Michigan’s senior and junior U.S. Senators will take the “compromise” as they tell the folks back home – alleged inflation relief is […]
At the 2022 Michigan Occupational Outlook Conference, the Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB) presented the latest round of long term statewide employment projects, with Michigan’s growth from 2020 […]
(DENVER) – Nearly 2.2 million women have exited the workforce since 2020, and the pandemic-era worker shortage may continue to worsen as more debate leaving in the next two years. […]
As the gross domestic product of the nation dropped by 1.6%, Michigan was one of a handful of states that saw a positive gain of 0.1%, according to data from […]
(DETROIT) – The Motor City sizzled at around 90 degrees as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer placed her final signature on a nearly $55 billion omnibus budget, reiterating that negotiations over tax […]
Attorneys for the state asked a judge to push the pause button on the enforcement of his ruling that increased minimum wage and new paid sick-leave requirements while the state […]
(FLINT) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the $19.6 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 School Aid Fund budget Thursday at Mott Community College, which could set a generational high-water mark for per-pupil spending […]
The program that awards tax-exempt bonds for building or rehabilitating affordable housing developments in Michigan received a $50 million shot in the arm Thursday. For the last several years, the […]
A budget of nearly $77 billion was catapulted to the Governor’s office ahead of the recent holiday. However, with tax relief compromises still to be made, one economic professional wonders […]
The Michigan Public Service Commission meeting Thursday was packed with people as the commission voted to reopen the order to move Line 5 to a tunnel across the Straits of […]
The Michigan Strategic Fund Board (MSFB) approved community revitalization loans and grants to the tune of nearly $500 million for projects and businesses in Muskegon, Detroit, Sault Sainte Marie and […]
A record-breaking $76 billion state budget, with $15.3 billion coming from the General Fund, rolled out of a House-Senate conference committee early Friday morning and through both chambers of the […]
The Michigan Council on Future Mobility and Electrification is pushing for the Legislature to devote $45 million in the soon-to-be finalized state budget to replace public transit and school buses […]
The Senate approved legislation aiming to lift pandemic-related employer and workforce barriers, which were designed during 2020 to keep workers from being penalized when exposure to COVID-19 previously resulted in […]
The House Oversight Committee took testimony on a package of 30 bills that would provide “guardrails” to limit and codify existing state emergency powers. Rep. Julie Alexander (R-Hanover) testified on the package, […]
In the last 100 years, the correlation between how Democrats do in congressional elections and how Democratic candidates do in state legislative races is nearly identical. Proportionally, the number of […]