Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan urged lawmakers to move his property tax plan to disincentivize land speculation by increasing taxes on vacant land and reducing taxes on buildings during Wednesday’s House Tax Policy Committee hearing.

(DETROIT) -- Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan urged the Legislature Thursday to pass by the end of October his property tax reform plan so the Detroit City Council has time to put it on the 2024 presidential primary ballot.

Local voters agreed to bond out nearly $330 million for school projects in at least 13 school districts, according to election results compiled by MIRS News.

Federal funds intended to stabilize the budgets of local communities have proven a daunting task to take down for multiple reasons, a recent policy survey by the University of Michigan found.

The Senate version of legislation undoing Michigan’s "No Stricter Than Federal" environmental regulation statute is headed to the Governor’s desk after passing along partisan lines in the House Wednesday, reopening the door for state agencies to consider more stringent non-emergency restrictions.