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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.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer spoke out Wednesday against a Republican budget proposal that could force big cuts to federal spending, including popular programs like Medicaid.

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan says 46-year-old Joseph Strange worked for Marshall Mathers, also known as Eminem, for 14 years until 2021.

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.

Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says there will be a floor vote this week on a bill to roll back the state income tax rate.

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.

Michigan House Republicans adopted a resolution this week to continue to hold onto nine bills from the last legislative term. Is the state Capitol getting closer toward its own constitutional crisis? Plus, Governor Gretchen Whitmer meets with President Donald Trump in D.C.

Michigan’s January jobs report held a mixed bag as the state gained jobs but not enough to stave off an increase in the state’s monthly unemployment to 5.3%. That’s an increase of one-tenth of a percentage point from the December rate.