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The K-through-12 budget includes help for districts with declining enrollments and more help for special needs students

A breakthrough in budget discussions between Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration and House and Senate leaders is raising hopes a new state budget can be approved by the July first deadline.

House GOP leader Matt Hall says he’s holding out for more budget cuts and no withdrawals from the state’s “rainy day” savings.

House Speaker Matt Hall said he wants the budget to be balanced without pulling money from the Budget Stabilization Fund

The House and Senate appropriations chairs just reached deals Friday on spending targets for different parts of the budget

There is now less than a week for the Legislature and Governor Gretchen Whitmer to finalize a bipartisan budget deal before the deadline that would trigger a partial state government shutdown

A new ruling from the Michigan Court of Appeals could cause several lawsuits against the state to be dismissed.

The new law allows filing by email as an alternative while the problems are fixed

Local clerks are already finalizing ballots for printing. The Michigan Supreme Court on Monday held Kennedy’s name would remain on the ballot

Less than two weeks remain to sign onto a settlement with the state over wrongful accusations of unemployment fraud