Here’s what you need to know about Michigan’s gun laws that …
Feb 13, 2024 · Several new gun laws concerning storage, possession and purchasing firearms go into effect Tuesday. Exactly one year ago, a mass shooting on Michigan State University’s East Lansing campus resulted in the deaths of three students and serious injuries for five others. In response to the tragedy of Feb. 13, 2023, lawmakers got several gun reforms […]
Whitmer: 700K Michigan households will get tax ... - Michigan …
Dec 14, 2023 · Beginning Feb. 13, more than 700,000 Michigan families will receive tax rebate checks averaging approximately $550. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the rebates Thursday morning, which will come ahead of schedule, as part of $1 billion in tax cuts she signed into law earlier this year that also decreased taxes on retirement income.. The W orking Families Tax Credit for lower-income workers ...
Whitmer signs tax relief bill; law increases EITC, repeals pension tax
Mar 7, 2023 · Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed House Bill 4001 into law, which boosts a tax credit for low-wage workers and rolls back the state’s retirement tax. The legislation, coined the “Lowering MI Costs” plan by Democratic lawmakers, overhauls tax changes made by then-Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, in 2011. The new law is expected to […]
Federal money could supercharge state efforts to preserve nuclear …
Feb 12, 2024 · In the coming years, a nuclear power plant on the shores of Lake Michigan could become the first in the country to restart operations after shutting down. The Palisades plant in southwest Michigan could be revived by a $1.5 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Energy, Bloomberg reported. Federal officials have not yet confirmed […]
Palisades nuclear plant along Lake Michigan plans for a 2025 …
Nov 13, 2024 · On the shores of Lake Michigan at the Palisades nuclear plant, Paul Schultz pushes a button to artificially trip the reactor in a training version of an operation room. The simulation triggers lights blinking on the walls and machinery, and Schultz works to shut down the reactor with Paul Rhodes, an assistant operations manager of […]
From pollution to invasive species: Where Michigan’s Great Lakes ...
Dec 23, 2023 · The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) this week released its annual report to the Legislature highlighting a variety of efforts to protect and preserve the Great Lakes. The 44-page report prepared by EGLE’s Office of the Great Lakes offers an update on the department’s ongoing work in four of the five […]
Swanson ‘absolutely’ foresees 2026 bid for governor, while Kildee …
Feb 20, 2024 · While nearly everyone involved in Michigan politics is focused on the upcoming presidential election, some hints of what could be to come in 2026, when the state will have an open governor’s race as Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is term-limited, have started to show. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson briefly entertained the idea of running […]
Court approves new Michigan House district map
Mar 28, 2024 · A three-judge federal court panel has affirmed new boundaries drawn by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) for some state House seats. “Federal law provides us no basis to reject the Commission’s remedial House plan,” the panel wrote in an 11-page decision released Wednesday. In December, a federal court ordered the MICRC to redraw […]
Concerns over school quality and funding dominate Michigan …
Oct 17, 2024 · Two seats are up for grabs in November on the Michigan Board of Education, which provides leadership and supervision over education in the state. Democrats and Republicans nominated candidates for the statewide panel at their respective conventions in August. Educational quality remains a large concern for leadership in …
Here are the key bills that await the Michigan Legislature when ...
Jul 8, 2024 · After a frenzied start in 2023, the pace of the 102nd Michigan Legislature has slowed considerably this year. In the first year that Democrats enjoyed a governing trifecta for the first time in four decades, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation banning anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, repealing Right to Work, axing some abortion restrictions, establishing a …