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Republican state House Speaker Matt Hall says he would be OK with Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s request for a federal waiver to delay the full impact of cuts to Medicaid. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer met Tuesday with President Donald Trump at the White House. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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The Legislature and Governor Gretchen Whitmer face tough choices now that the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act has reset the state’s budget picture. An independent study released Wednesday says Michigan needs to come up with $1.1 billion to balance the state budget. Rick Pluta reports.
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Thousands of Michiganders could soon get a letter in the mail saying their medical debt has been erased. Colin Jackson has more.
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Michigan’s governor is blaming “massive economic uncertainty at the national level” for a company backing out of a major development project near Flint. Colin Jackson has more.
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School districts face tough choices as their fiscal years began Tuesday while the Legislature remains deadlocked on a state K-12 budget. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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The director of the Michigan State Police spent an hour and a half Tuesday taking questions from lawmakers about morale in a department that appears skeptical of his leadership. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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The state budget isn't done, and differences between the House and Senate could drag this on. WEMU's David Fair talked with Ann Arbor State Representative Jason Morgan about what the holdups are and when work might be completed.
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The July 1 deadline for the Legislature to send a finalized budget to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s desk is approaching, and the House and the Senate don’t appear to be close. We have more from Rick Pluta.
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Northern Michigan school districts forced into extended shutdowns due to massive ice storms this past spring will have a waiver from minimum attendance mandates. That’s under a law signed Monday by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. We have more from Rick Pluta.