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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.