AFL-CIO receives $4M from state for workplace training program, veterans group gets $250K
Unspecified forestry-related program receives $750k in earmarks
Lawmakers release 18 departments from requirement to report severance payments
Less transparency means more corruption and waste, lawmaker says
Judge won’t give Michigan immunity in Enbridge lawsuit
Court schedules oral arguments for July 31
Two arts organizations will receive $1.25 million from taxpayers
Unclear what lawmakers requested the earmarks
Saginaw lawmaker earmarked $1.9M to fix elementary school pool
School district blames ‘bugs’ after pages vanish from website
Who spent $13M on five state museums?
Legislature doesn’t name sponsors of grants in 2025 Michigan state budget
Bills aim to return Michigan to bad old days of dues skim
Voters soundly rejected this shady union funding practice in 2012
Michigan’s new green energy plan looks like its old plan
A decade after losing millions on ‘next-gen’ projects, Michigan gets federal approval for relaxed loan guidelines
Whitmer boasts of vehicle rebate missing from the state budget
Lawmakers cut out the item before voting
Speech therapist could lose license for not completing implicit bias training
FOIA records show worker failed to complete 20 credit hours, including implicit bias training
Wayne-Westland School District facing $30M deficit
Deficit caused by overspending, clerical error
Michigan House OKs bill creating museum tax authority
If enacted, the plan could cost Oakland County taxpayers $167M over 10 years
Taxpayers get three small wins in $83B budget
Massive spending package moves $670M from debt payoff, but lawmakers reject bills on SOAR extension, film credits, data center tax breaks
As Janus anniversary nears, public workers retain right to union representation
It’s the flip side of union’s power of exclusive representation
Michigan lawmaker pitches $2B transit proposal
Wayne State University professor calls plan another boondoggle
Michigan State Ed board seeks more charter school regulations
Board resolution singles out schools that educate more than 150,000
Michigan House budget proposal cuts payments on pension debt by $630M
Other legislation would allocate $3B to corporate handouts
Bills could force some Michigan landlords to accept Section 8 vouchers
Property group opposes the plan, citing bureaucracy
Michigan House scheduled to vote June 20 on diverting $670M from teacher debt to other projects
Teacher pension retirement system nearly $30B in debt
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals remands Line 5 lawsuit to state court
Attorney General Nessel’s effort to close the pipeline continues
Flavored e-cig ban leads to more youth cigarette smoking
Study finds unintended consequence as youth turn to cigarettes instead of less-harmful alternative
Whitmer touts 38,000 jobs ‘announced’ but not created
Michigan has lost 2,600 auto jobs since Whitmer’s election
Environmental agency seeks $200K contract to develop strategy on maritime port electrification
Experts disagree on program effectiveness
Nessel to sue fossil fuel industry, but still flies over driving
Nessel’s flights cost a total of $6,202
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