Senate Democrats said Tuesday's passage of sweeping changes to state economic development incentive policy was months in the making and necessary to attract an educated workforce and families.
Members of the Senate voted Tuesday along party lines to resurrect an income tax capture program that was allowed to lapse in 2019 with what supporters called significant improvements while opponents attacked it as an unnecessary corporate handout.
By enacting a tax credit for the sale and use of sustainable aviation fuel, Michigan could become a key player in what is expected to become a growing market for a product meant to reduce aviation emissions, a Senate committee was told Thursday.
The latest version of legislation that would expand the Freedom of Information Act to include the Legislature and the governor's office took its first step Wednesday with a Senate committee voting to advance the bills.
One fourth of the Legislature's leadership quadrant was represented at the Michigan Society of Association Executives' annual Public Policy Roundtable on Tuesday.
A bill that would remove a provision that prohibits Michigan State Housing Development Authority from providing long-term financing for a project unless the project is constructed or rehabilitated in anticipation of the financing was reported to the floor by a House committee on Tuesday.
Changes to Michigan's Occupational Code to increase required training hours for cosmetology students to align with federal rule changes are needed to ensure access to student aid, officials told a Senate panel.
A divided Senate passed legislation Tuesday to eliminate a committee intended to provide oversight of the state's environmental regulatory agency following a debate over the panel's effectiveness and the department's responsiveness to businesses and the public.
The defunct Good Jobs for Michigan program would be revamped as HIRE Michigan under legislation taken up by the House Economic and Small Business Development Committee on Tuesday.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, elected officials who represent the Michigan State University campus and groups urging stronger regulations of firearms reflected Tuesday on the first anniversary of the mass shooting that killed three and injured five one year ago.