After Michigan bans smoking in restaurants and bars, Sen. Joe Hune fights to cut cigarette taxes
It may not be a popular fight in a state that just banned smoking in bars and restaurants, but Sen. Joe Hune (R-Hamburg) wants to lower cigarette taxes.
Barack Obama or Rick Snyder: Who gets blamed for Michigan unemployment rising?
Michigan’s unemployment rate inched up to 10.5 percent in June, which certainly isn’t good news.
Gov. Rick Snyder plans authority to take over failing Detroit schools, eyes expanding to others across the state
The plan includes public-private partnerships to provide two years of college for all grads of failing Detroit high schools.
Peter Luke: Gov. Rick Snyder pulls off rare feat with Michigan tax overhaul, but will it work?
Snyder is placing every private employer in Michigan at the center of his economic strategy.
Michigan House, Senate OK one of Michigan’s largest tax overhauls by slimmest margin possible
Republican leadership says plan has potential to propel the economy forward.
School funding deal with Democrats helps Gov. Rick Snyder’s controversial Michigan tax overhaul pass in Senate
K-12 education cuts may not be as severe as expected.
Michigan House approves massive education funding cut, critics say it ‘balances the budget on the backs of our children’
But $430 per student cut likely will change in negotiations with Michigan Senate.
Snyder’s education wide-ranging reform plan ‘a lofty goal’
A far-ranging proposal to reform education released by Gov. Rick Snyder Wednesday proposes sweeping changes in everything from teacher tenure to virtual learning and lengths of school years to school bullying.
Debate over taxing pensions in Michigan splits along generational lines
Age is the new political rift.
School leaders question whether Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget proposal violates constitution, Proposal A
“It feels like someone pulled a fast one on the constitution,” said Gary Start, deputy superintendent of Kalamazoo Public Schools. “It’s a terrible exploitation” of Proposal A.
