Whitmer and Republicans want to cut taxes. So who benefits from each plan?
With the midterm elections looming, tax cuts are shaping up to be a major fight this year between Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the GOP-controlled Legislature.
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Column: Is it Sunshine Week or Groundhog Day in Michigan?
In Michigan, Sunshine Week is often marked by promises of more transparency from our lawmakers in Lansing. But if the past is an indicator of the future, the Michigan Legislature won’t get too far past the talking phase.
House votes to suspend state gas tax, Dems warn Michigan roads won’t get fixed
The Michigan House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to pass a bill suspending the state’s "gas tax" until Sept. 30 in an effort to combat skyrocketing gas prices amid inflation and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
‘My heart couldn’t take it’: Two years into the pandemic in Michigan, a focus on healing
From people who have lost those they love most in the world to COVID-19 to health care workers once hailed as heroes and now being spit on by patients angry over mask requirements and those known as “essential workers” who made poverty wages while having to endanger their own well-being to work in-person when others were isolating during the stay-home orders, people have dealt with a lot over the past two years.
Whitmer budget plan hikes higher ed by 5%, also boosts nursing home worker pay
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s new budget plan will include a 5% funding hike for Michigan’s 15 public universities and 28 community colleges — the highest increase in decades. Universities would have to cap tuition increases.
Ten million free KN95 masks are now available to Michiganders
Ten million free KN95 masks are now available to Michiganders as they continue to face the fast-spreading omicron variant of COVID-19, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday.
Here’s how you can order free COVID-19 tests now
The federal government launched a website to order free at-home tests for COVID-19 Tuesday, one day ahead of schedule. Here's how to get your free at-home tests now.
Michigan reports 15,385 new COVID-19 cases since Monday
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) reported Wednesday an additional 15,385 COVID-19 cases and 351 COVID related deaths since Monday.
David Hecker: Public money should go to public schools
David Hecker writes, "This latest push to defund public schools began in the Legislature, where Republican lawmakers passed bills that would create tax credits for “scholarship funds” that could be used at non-public schools, which is just a more roundabout way of taking public money that should be spent on public education and putting it into private schools. Thankfully, Governor Whitmer continued to stand on the side of public schools and vetoed the legislation, but the fight to stop this latest DeVos-backed initiative isn’t over."
Whitmer directive: Michigan must accelerate plans to replace lead pipes
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive directive Monday ordering state agencies to ready plans to quickly replace lead pipes using an influx of federal dollars from the new Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Column: Is it Sunshine Week or Groundhog Day in Michigan?
In Michigan, Sunshine Week is often marked by promises of more transparency from our lawmakers in Lansing. But if the past is an indicator of the future, the Michigan Legislature won’t get too far past the talking phase.
House votes to suspend state gas tax, Dems warn Michigan roads won’t get fixed
The Michigan House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to pass a bill suspending the state’s "gas tax" until Sept. 30 in an effort to combat skyrocketing gas prices amid inflation and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
‘My heart couldn’t take it’: Two years into the pandemic in Michigan, a focus on healing
From people who have lost those they love most in the world to COVID-19 to health care workers once hailed as heroes and now being spit on by patients angry over mask requirements and those known as “essential workers” who made poverty wages while having to endanger their own well-being to work in-person when others were isolating during the stay-home orders, people have dealt with a lot over the past two years.
Whitmer budget plan hikes higher ed by 5%, also boosts nursing home worker pay
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s new budget plan will include a 5% funding hike for Michigan’s 15 public universities and 28 community colleges — the highest increase in decades. Universities would have to cap tuition increases.
Ten million free KN95 masks are now available to Michiganders
Ten million free KN95 masks are now available to Michiganders as they continue to face the fast-spreading omicron variant of COVID-19, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday.
Here’s how you can order free COVID-19 tests now
The federal government launched a website to order free at-home tests for COVID-19 Tuesday, one day ahead of schedule. Here's how to get your free at-home tests now.
Michigan reports 15,385 new COVID-19 cases since Monday
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) reported Wednesday an additional 15,385 COVID-19 cases and 351 COVID related deaths since Monday.
David Hecker: Public money should go to public schools
David Hecker writes, "This latest push to defund public schools began in the Legislature, where Republican lawmakers passed bills that would create tax credits for “scholarship funds” that could be used at non-public schools, which is just a more roundabout way of taking public money that should be spent on public education and putting it into private schools. Thankfully, Governor Whitmer continued to stand on the side of public schools and vetoed the legislation, but the fight to stop this latest DeVos-backed initiative isn’t over."
Whitmer directive: Michigan must accelerate plans to replace lead pipes
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive directive Monday ordering state agencies to ready plans to quickly replace lead pipes using an influx of federal dollars from the new Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
