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Gov., GOP Not Negotiating On Tax Cuts As Gas Prices Hit Record Highs

03/11/22 10:30 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)

(Published 03/10/2022 - MIRS.news) Average gas prices in Michigan hit an all-time high of $4.261 a gallon Thursday, up a penny and a half from yesterday, which has emboldened Republicans to press Gov. Gretchen WHITMER to sign legislation to suspend the state's gas tax six months.

 

Whitmer appear...

House Votes To Suspend State's Gas Tax For 6 Months

03/10/22 09:15 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)

(Published 03/09/2022 - MIRS.news) Michigan's 27.2-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax would be suspended for six months in an attempt to lower gas prices amid the price surge caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, under legislation House Republicans pushed through Wednesday, 63-39.

  

The amended...

Line 5 Brought Up As Issue As Gas Prices Rise

03/09/22 10:09 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Line 5 Brought Up As Issue As Gas Prices Rise

(Published 03/08/2022- MIRS.news) With inflation and Russia's invasion of Ukraine stirring up the fossil fuel debate at home, Michigan Republicans are calling on Democratic leaders to loosen their reins in the Line 5 debate.


"Now more than ever, it is time for Dana NESSEL to end this r...

State To Receive $800M In Massive Opioid Epidemic Settlement

03/08/22 11:59 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
State To Receive $800M In Massive Opioid Epidemic Settlement

Published 03/07/2022 - Attribute to MIRS.news

Michigan will acquire $800 million in a historic settlement to try to heal the damage caused by the opioid epidemic, but the state's Attorney General hopes it doesn't lie dormant in the...

Michigan Contending With At Least 40 Different Crises

03/05/22 07:20 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)

March 4, 2022 - Source: MIRS.news ˆ

In the last two years, the country faced a once-every-100-year health pandemic, historic labor shortages and a riot inside the U.S. Capitol. The word “crisis” has been attached to all three events, but the use of the term doesn't stop there. Not by a long...