Michigan Legislature Adjourns Without Gas Tax Hike
Michigan spends less per driver on roads than any other state, yet also has some of the country's highest taxes at the pump.
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Michigan spends less per driver on roads than any other state, yet also has some of the country's highest taxes at the pump.
The legislation - approved 100-10 in the House and 24-12 by the Senate - includes nearly $37.5 billion for all general funding not including an overall 4 percent increase for K-12 schools, universities and community colleges that was approved late Wednesday.
Time is running out for lawmakers to get a deal done to fix the crumbling roads before their self-imposed summer break.
The missed application deadline for the funding of the Head Start program for Detroiters has parents speaking out.
Would two new Michigan casinos mean more money trouble for Detroit?
It's a job killer and it needs to change, retailers say.
One man's campaign to unseat longtime Congressman John Conyers might be in jeopardy after it was revealed he owes thousands of dollars to Detroit.
Wayne County Treasurer Raymond Wojtowicz said the county is owed millions of dollars by landlords who haven't paid their taxes.
Michigan will spend 4 percent more next year on public schools and pause plans to replace its standardized test with one being developed by a group of states, under a K-12 budget headed toward final approval this week.
It's an unfortunate chapter in the storied history of the old Wayne County Building in Detroit.
Michigan lawmakers are cracking down on smurfs -- not the little blue creatures, but people who buy cold medicine for drug ringleaders to use in methamphetamine production.
Time's running short if Michigan is going to raise a lot more money to improve bumpy roads — a long source of frustration for drivers.
Michigan Democrats are criticizing three male Republican lawmakers for posing in a photograph they say mocks women.
"A GM engineer chose to use an ignition switch in certain cars that was so far below GM's own specification that it failed to keep the car powered on ..."
Senator Coleman Young is one of two lawmakers who voted against the package.