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A new Michigan plan would redirect some business incentive funding to pay for transit projects. Supporters imagine autonomous vehicles delivering workers, bus rapid transit in Detroit and better air travel to northern Michigan.
The Michigan Legislature seems ready to redirect much of its billion dollar incentive spending toward building more mass transit and other community projects. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appears open to the idea.
LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will finalize the next state budget Monday, signing a $62.8 billion spending bill that covers everything except aid to preK-12 schools, community colleges and universities. It includes $57.4 billion for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 and $5.4 billion more —…
LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed into law a plan to add more than $1.4 billion to Michigan's business incentives fund and cut taxes for retirees and lower-income workers.The changes will take effect in 2024, most likely next March, instead of immediately. That is because…
Low-income workers and pensioners will benefit from a tax relief plan signed Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Republicans blocked $180 inflation relief checks to preserve a potential income tax rate reduction.