Republicans seek to give poll watchers breaks, require the Secretary of State to be more vigilant about removing inactive voters from the rolls. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s veto pen is ready.
The pandemic exacerbated a slow-burning mental health crisis in Michigan’s schools. Whitmer wants to open 40 centers to help. Advocates say that’s not enough.
Republicans muster the votes — but not a super-majority — to freeze Michigan’s gas tax for six months. Now, momentum is coalescing instead on suspending the 6 percent sales tax on gas.
The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association has begun the transfer of $3 billion in surplus funds, with the money being distributed to insured Michigan drivers. The state also offered tips to avoid being scammed out of the money.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer maintains that she wants to negotiate targeted tax relief with the Republican-led Legislature. But she appears poised to veto a Republican-backed gas tax holiday that was not part of negotiations.
Michigan House Republicans approved a series of proposals Thursday that would tighten voting rules and restrict ballot access. A veto from Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer may be next.
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Republicans want to suspend the state’s 27-cent-per-gallon gas tax for six months, a relief for drivers but that would cost the state $770 million. Some Democrats want to halt the 6-percent sales tax on gasoline instead.
As a trial that has been beset with problems begins in Grand Rapids, a childhood friend of one of the defendants tries to reconcile the allegations with the man he thought he knew.
The state joins others in signaling it intends to pull pension investments over the Ukraine invasion. Some caveats and hurdles remain before that actually happens.
The Michigan Investment Board will review Whitmer’s request to divest pension funds from Russia at a March 9 special meeting, while other lawmakers want the state to stop buying wholesale liquor from the nation.
The Democratic governor and GOP lawmakers have competing proposals to trim taxes as Michigan is flush with cash. All say they’d help working families, but who would get most help?
Michigan House Republicans have proposed lowering the income tax rate for workers and retirees — a plan that could cost the state roughly $2 billion per year.
The case against alleged plotters of an attempt to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been undermined by a handful of missteps and and behavior of FBI witnesses but buoyed by two plea deals.
In the last few months, Whitmer has talked less about the pandemic. While her decision to lift mask recommendation follows local health rulings, it coincides with rising anger over pandemic policies.
