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East Lansing's 5 percent franchise fee for Lansing Board of Water & Light (LBWL) customers is a tax, the Michigan Supreme Court held on Monday.

Rep. Bill G. Schuette, the incoming chair of the House Rules Committee, said his committee will take up bills that change administrative rule promulgation authority and bills that need extra work, with the intent of avoiding major changes from being made in floor substitutes in the future.

Identify theft and fraud isn’t new, but the ways scammers pry money from places is ever-evolving, and one spooky new scheme could leave Michigan community colleges screaming as students vanish into the ether.

Diapers, bottles, child seats, breast milk pumps and other baby/toddler care items would be exempt from Michigan’s sales tax under bills introduced by three House Republicans as part of three family-centered cost-saving proposals.

Bills designed to support President Donald Trump's federal crackdown on illegal immigration are being put forward by a pair of Senate Republicans.