Blog categorized as Budget

A refundable state child tax credit of $3,500, with an extra 20% for kids under six, could cut Michigan’s child poverty rate by half, according to a joint report

The crystal ball is a little murky as to what the lame duck session will tackle given all the unknowns out there, but one thing for sure, if lawmakers want to come back and spend a little more cash, they will have more than a "little more."

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was joined by a host of CEOs, bureaucratic leaders, education leaders, politicians, and media

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) is going into Fiscal Year 2023 on Saturday, Oct. 1 without a budget being approved by the Legislature, even as the board moved to switch the executive director position to a part-time.

The Whitmer administration wants the Legislature to put another $500 million into the new Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) Fund