Tax cuts coming for lower-income and pensioners — and a permanent income tax could be triggered this year under a deal that effectively killed a onetime stimulus.
Lauren Gibbons
Posted inEducation
Michigan State University school shooting: How to help victims of attack
Donations are pouring into verified fundraisers set up to help victims and their families.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
MSU shooting victims: Guadalupe Huapilla-Perez identified by family, remains hospitalized
Guadalupe Huapilla-Perez, a hospitality business major at Michigan State University, is “incredibly hard-working, focused, and ambitious,” her family said. In a post on GoFundMe, they said it could take her months to recover.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Michigan State University school shooting: How to help
Donations are pouring in to fundraisers set up to help victims and their families.
Posted inEducation
Michigan State victims: Brian Fraser, Alex Verner and Arielle Anderson
A fraternity president, a top-notch student and an aspiring pediatrician were the MSU students killed by a gunman in a campus attack. All three made huge impacts before their young lives were cut short.
Posted inPolitical and Public Policy Information
‘We cannot keep living like this:’ Dems vow gun reform after MSU shooting
Legislative Democrats in Michigan promised quick action on gun reform bills in the aftermath of a shooting at Michigan State University where three were killed and five others wounded.
Posted inPolitical and Public Policy Information
Michigan inflation relief checks may be in jeopardy, even as tax cut passes
House Democrats pass tax cuts to lower-income residents and seniors, but a $180 onetime rebate is up could be up in the air unless Senate Republicans agree to the plan.
Posted inEducation
Michigan Senate dumps ‘read or flunk’ portion of third-grade law
Vote mostly along party lines would nix requirements that third graders behind in reading repeat the grade. Democrats say it didn’t work; GOP said it didn’t have a chance to.
Posted inPolitical and Public Policy Information
What Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to fund in $79B budget
From free school lunches and community college to water line improvements and subsidized field trips to Michigan’s state parks, the Democrat outlines her wish list. It could look very different once it’s approved.
Posted inPolitical and Public Policy Information
Michigan lawmakers raise concern over toll road plan
The study results are in: Michigan may consider toll roads. But at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers quizzed the firm behind the study on who would most heavily bear the cost.