Michigan House of Representatives

The bill would ban public schools and higher education institutions from taking any grant funding from the countries designated as a "foreign country of concern"

Republican House Speaker Matt Hall said the legislation is a step forward for education in the state

State law says the budget director is supposed to issue a full accounting report by the end of the month. An open budget could complicate that

The Michigan House O-K’d a plan Wednesday to use taxes on fuel and corporations to fund road repairs

The cut would bring the rate back to what it was in 2023, when strong revenue triggered a law that temporarily lowered taxes

The proposal involves removing the 6% sales tax currently charged on gas sales and replacing it with a higher fuel tax that would go toward road repairs

Speaker Matt Hall says there will be a floor vote this week on a bill to roll back the state income tax rate. That would reverse a determination by the state Treasury and the Attorney General’s office that a 2023 reduction was for one-year only

The cut could come out to around $140 per household if enacted

Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office declined to weigh in on the controversy

State Representative Jason Morgan says the court’s reversal of abortion rights show the same could happen with marriage equality