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MACKINAC ISLAND — Business groups on Thursday got behind legislation to expand a state tax credit for lower-wage workers, backing a key facet of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's budget plan that recently garnered legislative support.The earned income tax credit would rise from 6 percent of the…

It's rare that a tax policy in Michigan enjoys broad bipartisan support. Lansing is now debating that rare example, an expansion of a tax credit aimed at working families. What if I told you a single tax law change in Michigan could: Provide simple and effective tax relief for Michigan…

In Michigan and beyond, Republican state lawmakers are embracing a pushback on gay and transgender rights not seen since the 1970s

This story was originally published May 6 by Chalkbeat. Sign up for its newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Michigan’s free, high-quality preschool program has long operated exclusively in classrooms of 16 students. Now Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to find out if the program would work in smaller…

House and Senate leaders are expected to work out differences between the plans before sending a budget to Gov. Whitmer for her signature.

Michigan has a financial cushion thanks to federal stimulus funds and stronger-than-expected recovery from the economic shock of COVID-19. But education spending is a sticking point.

Michigan has a financial cushion thanks to stimulus funds and stronger-than-expected recovery from COVID-19. But education spending is a sticking point.

Michigan state senators passed more than a dozen budget bills to allocate billions to state departments. The bills head to state House lawmakers next.

Michigan state senators passed more than a dozen budget bills to allocate billions to state departments. The bills head to state House lawmakers next.

Virginia Haske served as mayor of Algoma from 2003 to 2012, then won back the seat from five-term incumbent Wayne Schmidt in the April 5 election