The Senate's $547.6 million spending plan for the Governor's developing “lifelong education” department deploys $75.9 million to raising child care rates for providers, specifically for those in Michigan's child care subsidy program for poor families.

Preliminary approval was given to the Unemployment Insurance Agency’s (UIA) $55 million settlement in a class action lawsuit related to its handling of COVID-19 era claims.

A pilot project would be launched to test how to assess vehicle fees based on miles traveled, under a provision added to the Senate and House's proposed transportation budgets Wednesday afternoon.

Areas of the state hit by a natural disaster that aren't covered by federal emergency assistance could apply for a piece of a new $50 million pot of state money, under a Michigan State Police (MSP) budget proposal that moved out of a House subcommittee Tuesday morning.

Deploying Michigan National Guard units to Texas to aid its state authorities in managing illegal Mexico-United States border crossings is an action the Legislature's Republican leaders are pushing for, following a recent trip to Eagle Pass, a Texas city adjacent to the river Rio Grande.