Michigan budget

Tuesday was the statutory deadline for passing an entire state budget. But lawmakers likely won’t be back for a couple of weeks

West Michigan based nonprofit MOKA has acquired five adult foster care homes in Muskegon County, West Michigan could be just five years away from opening a massive $370 million aquarium, movie previews, and more.

The family of Patrick Lyoya and their attorney held a press conference turning their focus to a civil suit against Christopher Schurr, a recent SBAM survey shows health care costs is a growing concern among small business owners, and more.

The state’s fiscal year does not begin until October, but a law says the Legislature is supposed to finish the budget by July first

Patmos Library has reopened after several employees resigned two weeks ago, a libertarian-leaning think tank has filed a lawsuit to block some spending in the state budget, Consumers Energy is obeying a Trump order to not shut down the J.H. Campbell coal burning power plant, and more.

The Mackinac Center argues that the 2024-25 state budget doles out pork barrel funds for ballparks in Lansing and Utica in violation of the Michigan Constitution

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.