Michigan Legislature approves bill to extend, boost …
Dec 17, 2024 · The Legislature approved Senate Bill 40 Dec. 13 to increase unemployment insurance benefits. If Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs the bill into law, it will also increase the amount of time a person can claim unemployment from 20 weeks to 26 weeks. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Paul Wojno, D-Warren, would increase the maximum weekly payout from $362 to $614 by 2027, with incremental increases in 2025 ...
Flint landlord sues city over ‘unconstitutional’ rental inspection
Dec 18, 2024 · Flint’s rules for approving rental properties violate the Constitution, according to a 62-page lawsuit filed in July by a local property owner. Karter Landon owns eight rental properties in Flint that he has not rented out for a year. He blames an ongoing dispute with the city of Flint that has so far cost him $50,000 in forgone rental income. The …
Mystery company to take $259M from Michigan taxpayers
Dec 11, 2024 · Michigan taxpayers are slated to give $259 million to a mystery company to build a semiconductor plant near Mundy Township in Genessee County. The Charter Township of Mundy entered a nondisclosure agreement with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation on Sept. 9, 2022, which Michigan Capitol Confidential obtained through a records request. State officials approved a total of $259 million ...
We Wish You a Merry Lame Duck - Michigan Capitol Confidential
Dec 25, 2024 · We Wish You a Merry Lame Duck Lawmakers leave Lansing after a chaotic few weeksLawmakers leave Lansing after a chaotic few weeks
Fees for duck, deer hunting could increase after lame-duck …
Dec 12, 2024 · Legislation in the lame-duck session would increase the fees hunters and anglers must pay for state-required licenses, which would be set on a path for automatic increases. House Bill 6229, introduced by Rep. Amos O’Neal, D-Saginaw, would affect a wide range of activities and require some teenage anglers to get a license for the first time. The bill would increase the fee for a resident ...
Federal bailout gives $635 million to carpenters union pension plan
Nov 22, 2024 · The federal government is spending $635 million in taxpayer funds to bail out a multiemployer pension fund for a Detroit carpenters union. Pension experts warn that the bailout comes with little or no accountability and no indication that it won’t happen again. Julie Su, acting secretary of labor, announced the bailout in a video posted to her X account Oct. 18. Su credited the 2021 American ...
Michigan could make it almost impossible for parents to challenge ...
Nov 19, 2024 · Michigan Democratic lawmakers are sponsoring bills to create statewide standards for keeping or removing books from libraries. Democratic Reps. Veronica Paiz of Harper Woods and Carol Glanville of Walker introduced House bills 6034 and 6035 Nov. 7. The bills are tie-barred, meaning one cannot be enacted without the other. “This bill aims to protect our libraries by establishing clear ...
Legislature extends tax breaks for data center that brought only …
Nov 21, 2024 · When Michigan approved subsidies for a data center in Grand Rapids in 2015, the data storage company Switch promised it would create 1,000 jobs. A 2022 state report said Switch had created 26 jobs or 2.6% of its promised goal. Despite that broken promise, last week, the Legislature approved House Bill 4906 to extend to exempt large data centers from sales and use taxes until 2050. Some ...
Curtains could fall for some interior designers
Oct 8, 2024 · Bills introduced in the Michigan House in September would require interior designers to be licensed to work. House Bill 5960, introduced by Rep. Carol Glanville, D-Walker, would also impose continuing education requirements on designers. Interior designers had to register with the state until 2014, a requirement which included passing a qualification exam proctored by the Council for Interior ...
Net zero goals likely to turn off Michigan’s electricity grid
Oct 31, 2024 · If Michigan continues toward net zero emissions, it could lose reliable electricity, with a federal regulator and regional electric grid officials warning of substantial energy losses that could come within eight years. “Net zero” energy plans in multiple states throughout the Great Lakes region are moving residents and businesses toward a …