Blog categorized as State Government

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.

Cybersecurity is an ongoing challenge for state and local governments that cannot be ignored, panelists said at a National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) forum earlier this month.