Shortly before Michigan’s top fiscal hawks markedly downgraded revenue projections Friday in response to recently enacted tax policy tweaks, a group of economists turned their attention to a more systemic issue that's hampering the state’s fiscal potential.

Democrats appear to have picked the wrong issues to campaign on in 2024. Abortion, women's rights and voters' rights didn't move the needle, but Ed Sarpolus of Target Insyght said that based on his polling from this week, Dems shouldn't have that problem this year.

The humble penny is rapidly vanishing from American cash registers, and a new policy brief from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) warns that lawmakers are running out of time to manage the fallout.