93% Of UIA Claimants Approved For Benefits
The Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) reported Friday that 93% of eligible claimants have been approved for benefits and most of the remaining 7% are suspected of being fraudulent. Nearly 140,000 […]
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June 23, 2020
June 23, 2020
No-Penalty Property Tax Extension Passes House
A penalty- and interest-free property tax extension unanimously passed the House Thursday. The bills also allow local governments to borrow collectively an estimated $1 billion to help with cash flow. […]
June 16, 2020
Landlord Can’t Get $500K In Back Rent, Sues Governor Instead
A residential property management company that says it is owed about $500,000 in delinquent rent is suing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, alleging her executive orders (EO) prohibiting evictions violates the Michigan […]
June 16, 2020
Appeals Court Hands Nessel A Loss On Line 5 Tunnel
The Michigan Court of Appeals Thursday said legislation allowing construction of a Line 5 tunnel beneath the Mackinac Straits is constitutional. Attorney General Dana Nessel plans to appeal the ruling, […]
March 17, 2020
Free 2-Year Degrees For Those 25 And Up Passes House, Senate
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's program to pay for the two-year degree or industry-recognized certificate to those 25-years-old and older swiftly passed the House and Senate Thursday by wide margins.
March 17, 2020
Coronavirus Response Money A Part Of $321M Supplemental Deal
A combined $25 million in Coronavirus response money found its way into $321.3 million ($180.6 million General Fund) in supplemental spending bills that the House voted overwhelmingly to support.
March 10, 2020
Senate Passes Road Bonding Guardrails
Senate Republicans Wednesday passed SB 0716 and SCR 22, both objections to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's $3.5 billion bonding-for-roads plan.
March 10, 2020
Federal Judge Invalidates Michigan’s Medicaid Work Requirements
A District of Columbia-based federal judge Wednesday invalidated Michigan's Medicaid work requirements as unlawful.
March 3, 2020
Road Bonding Guardrails Move Out Of Committee
Senate Republicans expressed their distaste for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's bonding plan Wednesday by moving a pair of measures designed to provide some "guardrails" on borrowing money for roads.
March 3, 2020
Ballot Prop Requires Reduced Taxes For Individuals Making Under $175K
A constitutional amendment proposal to require reduced tax rates for anyone making less than $175,000 – or $350,000 for those filing jointly – was filed with the state Bureau of Elections Friday.
February 26, 2020
Cancer Society Proposes Licenses For Tobacco Sellers
The American Cancer Society is proposing the state license every shop that sells tobacco and that the state's tax on e-cigarettes mirror the tax on non-cigarette tobacco products, as part of suggested changes to the …
February 26, 2020
Study: Pure Michigan Earned $8.79 Return For $1 Spent On It
The latest return-on-investment study on the Pure Michigan ad campaign found a return of $8.79 for every dollar spent on the combined warm weather and fall campaigns of 2019, according to the Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) …
February 18, 2020
Case Made For Labor Peace Agreements
A number of supporters of requiring marijuana licensees to obtain labor peace agreements (LPAs) got a chance to voice their perspective Wednesday during a public hearing about the state's proposed marijuana rules.
February 18, 2020
The One Item Gov Wants Most Out Of Her ’21 Budget Proposal
If Gov. Gretchen Whitmer could be guaranteed one proposal from her Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget proposal that makes it into the Legislature's final product later this year, it would be her education pitches.
February 12, 2020
MDOT, State Treasurer Defend Gov’s Road Bond Sale
The GOP chair of the House Transportation Committee made it clear during a Feb. 4 hearing that he was not pleased that the Governor's $3.5 billion road fix bonding plan excluded much of northern Michigan.
February 12, 2020
Whitmer Moves Off Roads With $61.9B Budget
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Thursday abandoned a major revenue increase in her proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget request to the Legislature, but if the Republican-led House and Senate have ideas for one, she's all ears.
February 5, 2020
Business, Labor Opine On Overtime, Michigan Reconnect, Childcare
The business community response to Wednesday's State of the State address ranged from positive on Michigan Reconnect, to mixed on bonding and overall concern about overtime rules that haven't been released yet.
February 5, 2020
President Trumpets End Of ‘NAFTA Disaster,’ Beginning Of USMCA
(WARREN) - President Donald Trump used his fifth visit to Michigan as president to herald the demise of the "nightmare known as NAFTA" and Wednesday's signing of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which he proclaimed would …
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