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, …
While a bill to overturn tougher rules on charitable gaming sits in their committee, a majority of the members of House Regulatory Reform Committee told MIRS they either aren't satisfied with the administration's rules or …
Senate Majority Leader Randy RICHARDVILLE (R-Monroe) on Tuesday dropped a bill that proposes reform for the Certificate of Need Commission (CON) while dredging up a long-standing conflict between the commission's supporters and McLaren Health Care.The …
Of the 205 open cases in the Court of Claims, suits against the Department of Treasury similar to that filed by IBM for old tax refunds based on a Michigan Business Tax (MBT) loophole account …
A pair of Democratic legislators turned in bills Wednesday to expand the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act to include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity, but the legislation's future looks rocky. Few Republican lawmakers …
Legislation giving advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) the power to diagnose and prescribe received its first House hearing this morning, but isn't necessarily any closer to getting a vote in the House Health Policy Committee. …
Gov. Rick SNYDER in his State of the State address this year attempted to “set the record straight” on whether he's increased or decreased education funding, but that effort appears to have been unsuccessful. “I don't know that …
Michigan is still struggling with a major farm labor shortage, those in the agricultural community told a state commission on July 22. Farm owners were devastated in the spring of 2012 early when a hot March was …
Article courtesy of MIRSThe House Wednesday afternoon signed off on a measure that protects the possibility of an Upper Peninsula wolf hunt for the foreseeable future and takes the steam out of two referendums that …
Article courtesy of MIRSJim HAVEMAN, credited as a major force behind implementing Medicaid expansion here in Michigan, announced Thursday his resignation as director of the Department of Community Health (DCH). Haveman, 71, said Thursday he reconsidered …