Michigan budget

Muskegon Community College is pausing its DEI programs, Grand Rapids and Kent County saw record levels of tourists last year, movie talk and more.

Literacy Center of West Michigan reacts to funding freeze, Grand Rapids first black-owned wine and jazz bar to close, Roger That! returns to the Grand Rapids Public Museum and more.

The budget proposal is almost silent on a source of new revenue for roads and progress on the Democratic governor’s marquee 2018 campaign promise

West Michigan business leaders brace for tariffs, GRFD warn about portable heating and house fires, Crain's Grand Rapids Business Brief, and more.

A Grand Rapids Anglican Catholic Church removed from his position, Grand Rapids expands social districts, a conversation with the artists Two Eagles Marcus, and more.

The state will have $770.4 million more than was anticipated

The Senate Fiscal Agency predicts the state to end FY24 with a total of $32.7 billion in revenue

The numbers are welcome news for state budget officials, who predicted the current fiscal year to outpace the previous one when it came to revenue projections

The additional spending is to make up for cuts to per-pupil mental health and school safety grants that had been made in the original version of the budget

12.5M in additional funding was earmarked for Pine Rest’s pediatric center in the state’s 2025 budget which begins October 1st