Fifty percent of the total funding appropriated into the Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) Fund will be directed to "transformative community investments," such as housing, transit and childcare services, under legislation approved by the Senate
Throughout one whole year, a short-term payday loan provider could not charge service fees of more than 36 percent of the loan as residents pay it back, under legislation approved Wednesday 5-1 in the Senate Finance, Insurance and Consumer Protection Committee.
Tuesday, a collaborative of statewide and regional hospitality and tourism organizations, called the Michigan Hospitality and Tourism Alliance, announced its formation, along with a corresponding bicameral caucus.
The Governor’s directive that prohibited the state from contracting with companies that don’t pay their workers union rates stands after a ruling from the Michigan Court of Appeals, that said the issue wasn't moot despite the Legislature reinstating prevailing wage.
