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Paul Egan Detroit Free Press LANSING – Though Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed no tax increases in her 2022 budget last week, the budget calls for increases to more than 140 fees for state government services, ranging from getting a traffic crash report from the Michigan State Police to getting a permit to develop areas designated as wetlands. The proposed fee increases, which are all double-digit or triple-digit in percentage terms, would raise an extra $27.6 million annually for state government, if approved by the Legislature. That's a tiny addition to a $67-billion state budget, but s...

Under the proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1: The fee to get a traffic crash report from the Michigan State Police would increase to $15 from $10 currently, generating an extra $300,000 for the department. The fee the Department of State charges businesses to look up a motorist's driving record would increase to $15 from $11, generating an extra $19 million.  The Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity would impose 20% increases — ranging from $9 to $237 — on eight different fees related to X-rays and mammography. The department's Radiation Safety Section is re...