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by Scott McClallen, The Center Square  | May 14, 2021 05:00 PM Print this article The Michigan House passed bills Thursday aiming to provide tax relief to small businesses, limit state board transfers of money, and enact a supplemental budget. HB 4288, passed on a vote of 88-18, seeks to offer small businesses a tax deduction already available for larger companies. Rep. Jack O’Malley, R-Lake Ann, supported the bill seeking to give small businesses a tax dedication. “We’ve seen people’s livelihoods taken apart by the pandemic and the orders issued in response...

Republicans are using budget stalemate to hold up child care money and try to kill mask mandates, any plans for a vaccine passport and efforts to stop Line 5. They won’t likely have much luck.

Michigan lawmakers OK COVID-19 spending bills; budget chief concerned Copyright Getty Images Photo by: Bill Pugliano/ Getty Images Posted at 6:56 AM, May 14, 2021 and last updated 2021-05-14 06:56:34-04 LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan legislators on Thursday approved mid-year spending bills, including billions of federal coronavirus relief to boost pay for frontline government workers, incentivize unemployed people to return to work and upgrade infrastructure. Under a $3.3 billion plan sent to the Senate by the Republican-led House on a 65-42 vote, some of the U.S. funding would go towar...

Michigan legislators approved mid-year spending bills, including billions of federal coronavirus relief.

Michigan lawmakers pass COVID-19 spending bills; state budget chief concerned David Eggert Print LANSING — Michigan legislators on Thursday approved mid-year spending bills, including billions of federal coronavirus relief to boost pay for front-line government workers, incentivize unemployed people to return to work and upgrade infrastructure. Under a $3.3 billion plan sent to the Senate by the Republican-led House on a 65-42 vote, some of the U.S. funding would go toward payroll costs and free up state dollars to pay the state's million Flint water crisis settlement — instead of borrowi...