Treasury Projects $14.97-An-Hour Minimum Wage By 2028; Seeks Supreme Court Clarification
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August 27, 2024
August 27, 2024
Less Revenue, Slowing Economy Among States’ Top Fiscal Concerns
Explore the impact of a slowing economy on state finances. Discover how states are addressing declining revenues and demographic changes.
August 20, 2024
Dem Supreme Court Candidates Raised $2M; GOP Candidates $147K
The two Democratic Supreme Court candidates, and presumed nominees, have raised around $2 million combined going into the Aug. 24 Democratic Party convention, while all five Republicans, combined, have raised $147,000 prior to their convention, …
August 20, 2024
‘Friske Had Nearly 100% Name ID In The District,’ MIRS Meets Fairbairn Of HD-107
Michigan Freedom Caucus member Rep. Neil Friske (R-Charlevoix) carried nearly 100 percent name recognition across Northern Michigan's 107th state House district, says Parker Fairbairn, the Republican challenger who defeated Friske in the primary elections.
August 13, 2024
Friske, Bezotte Fall, Other House Incumbents Win
Two embattled Republican House members who each found themselves in the news for separate unflattering reasons lost their primaries Tuesday, accounting for the only incumbents to lose in Tuesday’s election.
August 13, 2024
Trombley, Other Challengers Make It Out Of Their Primaries
Lisa Trombley, the retired government contractor for Lockheed Martin, defeated MAGA-style Republican Katie Kniss, 63.10 to 30.52 percent last Tuesday night in the 103rd House district Republican primary.
August 6, 2024
Michigan Eyeing $15 Minimum Wage By 2030
Michigan's $10.33-an-hour minimum wage will increase from around $12.25 to $12.30 an hour and tipped workers will see their base wage go up from $3.93 an hour to around $5.90 an hour by Feb. 21, …
August 6, 2024
5 Curious Subplots Going Into Primary Election
By now, we've all resigned ourselves to the reality that there are painfully few competitive big races heading into Tuesday's primary election.
July 30, 2024
Top 10 House Primaries to Face Incumbents
A common theme this campaign cycle is the lack of yard signs or mailers in normally competitive areas of the state.
July 30, 2024
Gov. Signs 2025 Budget, About $330M Left On Balance Sheet
(DETROIT) – Around $330 million in General Fund revenue was left on Michigan's balance sheet Wednesday as the Governor finished signing the next state budget.
July 23, 2024
Top 10 House Incumbents In Danger In Primary
House Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) and House Minority Leader Matt Hall (R-Kalamazoo) are among the 35 House members facing primaries this summer of varying severity. In all, 18 Republicans and 17 Democrats face opposition […]
July 23, 2024
Harris Raises $81M In 24 Hours As Endorsements Pile Up; Whitmer Says She’s Staying Put
Vice President Kamala Harris said she raised $81 million within one day after President Joe Biden’s announcement he would not be running for a second term, which set off speculation that Gov. Gretchen […]
July 16, 2024
Budget Provides ‘Community College Guarantee’ For High School Class Of ’24
Michigan’s latest class of high school graduates can access free community college, regardless of their household’s income level, through the updated Michigan Achievement Scholarship that was part of the Fiscal […]
July 16, 2024
No Mention Of Presidential Ambitions, But Plenty Of National Attention In Whitmer’s New Memoir
Despite no direct mention of future presidential ambitions in her first book, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s memoir “True Gretch” reads like a “get to know me” for a national audience, and includes […]
July 9, 2024
Weiss, Steckloff Resign from HDCC
House Democratic Campaign Committee (HDCC) Chair Regina Weiss (D-Oak Park) has resigned from her campaign leadership post, along with Finance Chair Rep. Samantha Steckloff (D-Farmington Hills), only a week after the chamber passed an $18.5 …
July 9, 2024
$6.8B Transportation Budget Covers the Roads, Looks for Permanent Funding Fix
The Michigan Department of Transportation is looking at more than $6.8 billion in funding for Fiscal Year 2025, which includes all the roads and bridges throughout the state but doesn't yet solve the problem of …
July 2, 2024
Final Budget Appears At Midnight, Passes Chambers
The final version of the state's $59 billion spending plan for state government made its first public appearance shortly after midnight Thursday in a joint House-Senate committee, and passed through a blurry-eyed Senate four hours …
July 2, 2024
MICRC to Submit Crane Map to Court After Vote
Three days of deliberation and tweaking led to a ranked choice vote that saw the Crane map come out on top Wednesday, the last day of the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission's deliberations on a …
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