Gov. Rick SNYDER and his administration today announced it would be sending community colleges $50 million to help them train students in skilled trades, and the up-front money will be borrowed and then paid back …
A proposal to end state financial incentives meant to lure film and TV production companies to Michigan will get its first vote of support next week, according to the plans of the House Tax Policy …
The Senate sent through bills Thursday moving the presidential primary to the third Tuesday in March, a change supporters believe will make Michigan as relevant as it can be on the national scale. …
Gov. Rick SNYDER proposed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 budget this afternoon that squeezes out modest increases to K-12, higher education and local governments at the expense of a grocery list of program cuts necessitated …
Article courtesy of MIRS News Service With Michigan's current renewable portfolio standards (RPS) set to expire, Sen. Mike NOFS (R-Battle Creek) said he thinks the time is ripe to take state energy policy in a new …
Article courtesy of MIRS News ServiceThe Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) today became the third major business group to support the May 5 road funding ballot question, Proposal 1. The SBAM's Board of Directors …
Courtesy of MIRS News ServiceIts unemployment rate once the nation's highest, Michigan can now claim its jobless percentage doesn't crack the Top 10. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday that Michigan's 6.3 percent unemployment …
Courtesy of MIRS News ServiceIf there's one thing Senate Majority Leader Arlan MEEKHOF (R-West Olive) wants his caucus to be known for, it's common sense. That, and the fact that his "super, super majority" is hoping …
Article courtesy of MIRS News Service Two of state government's largest departments are set to merge into one giant department, under a proposal announced by Gov. Rick SNYDER in his State of the State address …
Article courtesy of MIRS News ServiceMichigan government has $288.9 million fewer dollars to spend in the current fiscal year ending Sept. 30, state officials announced January 16th, and the amount of money Gov. Rick SNYDER …
Gov. Rick SNYDER Thursday announced an executive order that restructures a number of state departments in hopes of spurring economic growth and reducing the state's still high unemployment rate."I would describe this as probably one …
If Michigan voters are willing to pay an extra cent on the sales tax to fix the state's roads, they're going to have a chance to prove it.Per an agreement with Gov. Rick SNYDER, the …
Gov. Rick SNYDER met with five prominent publications this week after his announcement that Detroit was emerging from bankruptcy, but it turns out the first question out of the box in all five cases had …
Some of the most divisive bills before the Legislature, like changing the Electoral College and limiting the requirements local governments can put on businesses, shriveled and died Thursday as a key procedural deadline passed. …
A bill Republicans say would bolster religious freedom and Democrats say would institute a "license to discriminate" gained the approval of the full House Thursday afternoon. In a straight party-line 59-50 vote, the House …
After failing to garner the necessary votes to move an Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act expansion bill out of a House committee Wednesday morning, Speaker Jase BOLGER (R-Marshall) declared the issue dead for the 2013-2014 …
A jobs creation program pairing community colleges with nearby businesses would be clear to exist past 2018 under legislation that moved through the Senate Education Committee Wednesday. SB 1074, sponsored by Mark JANSEN(R-Gaines Twp.), builds on …
Department of Human Services (DHS) Director Maura CORRIGAN told the Detroit Free Press she would step down from her post at the end of this year, which apparently had been the plan all along.Sara WURFEL, …