Blog categorized as State Government

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has not been reviewing travel logs and verifying vehicle assignments to make sure their vehicles are being used for state business, according to an Office of Auditor General report.

While other Democratic governors are putting the wagons in a circle to inoculate programs that might be bashed by the incoming president, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is charting her own course on how to deal with the new Donald Trump White House.

Public school districts would spend nearly 6 percentage points less on their employee retirement payments under legislation that cleared the Senate on a party-line, 20-16, vote Tuesday.

The Attorney General could take immediate action against hotels, retailers and energy providers whose costs go up by 10 percent or more during a state of emergency

A state government contract for a third-party towing management system (meant to help Michigan State Police (MSP) troopers clear wrecks) was pulled at the last minute, but still spawned a lawsuit and a bill.