A K-12 school aid budget unlike any other received final passage just before 5 a.m. Thursday as Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Democratic legislative leaders prevailed over a coalition of dismayed groups – traditionally Democratic allies – representing traditional public schools.
The House and Senate Appropriations Committee s on Wednesday held separate meetings considering a legislative transfer of $250 million for a manufacturing megasite being planned in Genesee County.
Legislation that would expand telemedicine in the state and prevent temporary licenses from speech pathologists from expiring cleared the Senate by wide bipartisan margins Wednesday.
Members of the Senate took a step toward the creation of a sales and use tax exemption for enterprise data centers Thursday through a bipartisan vote on an amended bill to establish the proposed credit.
The partisan gulf over ongoing college campus protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict and university diversity, equity and inclusion programs led to a sharply worded, angry floor debate Thursday prior to Senate passage of its higher education budget.
Some bipartisan effort highlighted business Thursday in the Senate as it began the process of moving their slate of appropriations bills, with members of both parties acknowledging work on an amendment to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development budget.
Congressional candidate Tom Barrett decried Democratic policies he have increased taxes at a campaign event in downtown Lansing on Monday and pledged not to votes to raise taxes if elected.
Democrats were quick to call out an erroneous social media post from a Republican lawmaker that claimed buses set to transport college basketball players were actually at the airport to pick up immigrants, while the GOP continues to hammer Democratic leaders in the wake of a Grand Rapids murder allegedly at the hands of an individual residing in the country illegally.
The Senate Finance, Insurance and Consumer Protection Committee reported legislation that would create a sales and use tax exemption for enterprise data centers.
Senators reported legislation Wednesday that would cap payday lending interest rates at 36 percent, over objections from industry officials who said it would undercut the market and drive businesses from the state.