MPSERS-Budget Deal Taking Shape
Gov. Rick Snyder isn't sure if he'll have a Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget in June, but it'll likely be coming sooner rather than later.
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June 13, 2017
June 6, 2017
Litigation Alleging Multi-Billion Headlee Miscalculation Moving Forward
Litigation in the state Court of Appeals alleges the state has been miscalculating its obligations to local government under the Headlee Amendment to the tune of billions of dollars a year.
June 6, 2017
Snyder: Package Brings Potentially Thousands Of New Jobs
Gov. Rick Snyder said there were offers to bring potentially thousands of jobs to Michigan, but that they hinge on the passage of legislation that offers 50 to 100 percent abatements on a business' employee …
May 24, 2017
CPAN Changes Course, Proposes Fee Schedule, Attendant Care Cap
The Coalition to Protect Auto No-Fault (CPAN) Tuesday proposed a plan to control medical treatment prices for car accident victims as long as insurance companies are banned from using ZIP codes and credit histories in …
May 24, 2017
Target Meetings Postponed; Gov, Leaders Stuck On Closing MPSERS
High-level meetings over next year's budget were postponed indefinitely Thursday after Senate Majority Leader Arlan MEEKHOF (R-West Olive) and House Speaker Tom LEONARD (R-DeWitt) told Gov. Rick SNYDER they want to close the teacher pension …
May 16, 2017
Cyber Civilian Corp Described As ‘Volunteer Firemen’ Of Computer World
Members of Michigan's Cyber Civilian Corp are being described as the "volunteer firemen" of the computer security world.
May 16, 2017
Kesto Eyes More Job Opportunities For Ex-Cons
Convicts leaving incarceration often have a difficult time re-entering the working world because, according to one survey, 65 percent of employers would never consider hiring someone with a felony record.
May 9, 2017
How Are Senate, House, Gov’s Budgets Different?
With the Senate kicking out its Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 plan, both chambers are expected to take the next couple days to non-concur in each other's spending plans. That will send matters to 16 individual …
May 9, 2017
Regs For Recreational Marijuana Mirror Medical In Ballot Language
The coalition leading the latest marijuana legalization effort finalized its ballot language today, with the final product bearing several parallels to the regulatory structure set up for medical marijuana.
May 2, 2017
Journey Begins In Senate On Mandatory Opioid Checks
Physicians wouldn't be able to prescribe a schedule 2, 3, 4 or 5 drug without running a report on the patient through the Michigan Automated Prescription System, or MAPS, to check for opioid abuse, under SB …
May 2, 2017
Leonard Prefers MPSERS Over Income Tax Cut As Part Of Budget
A $39.4 billion state government spending plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 moved out of the House Appropriations Committee today with roughly $280 million left on the balance sheet and a majority Republican caucus eyeing …
April 25, 2017
Supreme Turned Senator? Young’s Name Planted As Stabenow Challenger
The name of former state Supreme Court Justice Robert YOUNG, Jr., has been thrown in the mix, as a potential 2018 Republican challenger to U.S. Sen. Debbie STABENOW (D-Delta Twp.).
April 25, 2017
Meekhof Broaching MPSERS Discussion Again
Senate Majority Leader Arlan MEEKHOF (R-West Olive) is planning to meet with staff and confer with his caucus next week about renewing a conversation about the now $29.1 billion and growing debt in the teachers' retirement program …
April 5, 2017
Pre-Labor Day School Bill Moves
Over the objections of the state's tourism industry, the Senate Education Committee voted 4-1 Tuesday to report out SB 0271, legislation to end the state's 11-year-old prohibition against school districts starting their school years prior to …
April 5, 2017
Who Will Succeed Young On The Bench?
Gov. Rick SNYDER is being put in a position with which he's gotten familiar -- appointing a Supreme Court justice. For the fourth time in his tenure, the Governor will pick a Supreme Court justice and he …
March 28, 2017
Maturen Giving ‘Dark Stores’ Another Try; Brandenburg Calls It ‘Money Grab’
Rep. Dave MATUREN (R-Brady Twp.) announced Tuesday he's giving his "dark stores" legislation another try this session after a Senate committee sat on a similar bill last session and appears poised to do it again this term.
March 28, 2017
Key House R’s Looking Into DTMB Funding Following Critical Audit
An exasperated Rep. Joe GRAVES (R-Linden) suggested Thursday the project management section of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) deserve a "hair cut" after officials failed to convince him they were making significant progress on …
March 28, 2017
How Gorsuch Might Impact MI Cases Petitioning For Supreme Court Hearings
As U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil GORSUCH undergoes his third day of confirmation hearings, three prominent suits that originated in Michigan are petitioning the nation's highest court to have their cases heard.
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