Colin Jackson

The Michigan House passed parts of a Republican-led education plan that would require school districts to posts links to performance data on their websites.

It’s looking like state lawmakers won’t close the books on Michigan’s latest state budget before an end-of-the-month deadline to do so.

The Michigan House approved a plan Wednesday to use taxes on fuel and corporations to fund road repairs.

Michigan’s income tax rate could drop by a fraction of a percentage point under a bill passed in the state House of Representatives Tuesday.

A Michigan House Committee could forward a Republican road funding plan to the full House floor Tuesday.

A Michigan elections board rejected an effort to recall Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Friday.Two recall petitions alleged Benson misused state resources and took too long to settle campaign finance complaints. The petition sponsor wasn’t at Friday’s meeting of the Board of State Canvassers, leaving attorneys for Benson to pick them apart before the board.

The Michigan Senate passed its two-bill spending plan to close the books on the state’s last budget Thursday.One bill redirects money from the previous fiscal year to account for differences between planned and actual costs when it comes to Medicaid, veterans' homes, and other areas. The other refocuses $3.3 million in Federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds toward the state’s Community College Academic Catch-Up Program.

Michigan Senate Democrats announced a plan Wednesday they say will support parents of young children. The proposal, dubbed “Building Blocks,” falls into three parts.

Michigan residents could see a slight income tax cut under a bill that advanced out of the state House Finance Committee Tuesday.The bill would lower the tax rate from 4.25% to 4.05%. That’s what it was in 2023, when a law requiring an automatic tax cut when state revenue meets certain benchmarks was triggered.

The Ontario government announced it’s charging an extra 25 percent on all electricity exports to the U.S. Monday.The provincial government says that’ll impact 1.5 million homes spread across Michigan, Minnesota, and New York. Ontario said that could cost up to $400,000 each day the surcharge is in place, blaming tariffs from the Trump Administration for the move.