After the passage of the 2024-25 fiscal year budget late Wednesday, advocacy groups, agencies and organizations mostly praised the spending plan.
The Michigan Chamber of Commerce issued endorsements Thursday in 64 of the 110 Michigan House seats, continuing its recent trend of endorsing more Democrats than in the past while still largely backing Republicans overall.
The Detroit Regional Chamber PAC on Wednesday announced it is endorsing Randy LeVasseur who is seeking the Republican nomination against Rep. Josh Schriver in the 66th House District.
The retailers administering the 10-cent deposit for cans and bottles would be eligible for a tax credit that is estimated to total $20 million across all distributors under a bill discussed in a House panel on Tuesday.
Michigan is getting ready to build 22 new construction housing projects in 14 communities across the state with $250 million in low-income housing tax credit funding for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.
To become a Top 10 state, Michigan's economy and housing market need significant investments, officials told a House panel on Thursday.
Legislation that would allow the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to purchase its own debt in order to keep housing prices low was taken up for testimony by a House committee on Tuesday.
House members raised concerns about how Governor Gretchen Whitmer's proposals for universal Pre-K and increased funding for child care would interact with profit margins for day care centers. Those answers weren't immediately apparent to officials from the newly formed Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential, but work on the subject is ongoing.
The Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential, set to take effect Friday, will be handled in the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Budget, a key lawmaker said Wednesday.
Supporters of legislation that would allow for construction zone speed limits to be enforced by traffic cameras told a Senate panel Tuesday the changes would help reduce the number of injuries and deaths of workers and slow down motorists.