Soaring state revenues will likely force the Whitmer administration to reduce Michigan’s personal income tax rate. But that cut is only for one year, the Democrat Attorney General contends. Republicans excoriated that legal interpretation.
Jonathan Oosting
Jonathan is a deputy editor for Bridge Michigan. He helps plan and execute in-depth reporting and campaign coverage. As a longtime political reporter, Jonathan was named 2021 Journalist of the Year by the Michigan Press Association. He and a colleague shared that honor again in 2023, when they were also named Journalists of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists – Detroit Chapter. Jonathan covered the state Capitol for The Detroit News and MLive before joining Bridge in September of 2019. He's from Grand Rapids, lives in Lansing and loves spending time Up North.
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MSU offered active violence training. Few attended before shooting
As Michigan State moves to make active shooter training mandatory for all students and staff, records show optional sessions offered by the university were rarely attended before last month’s mass shooting.
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MSU shooting survivor: I met ‘pure evil,’ played dead and pleaded for life
A survivor of last month’s mass shooting speaks publicly for the first time, saying he is still haunted but will never forget those who came to his aid.
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Can ‘deradicalization’ reform extremists? Michigan program to find out in limbo
Michigan inked a contract to try to help young people accused of extremism avoid violence. But the future is uncertain after a deal fell through for a Traverse City man accused of threatening a mass shooting.
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Michigan Senate OKs sweeping gun control reforms after MSU shooting
Democrats in the Michigan Senate voted Thursday to create laws allowing confiscation of guns from those who pose dangers, universal background checks and mandatory safe storage to keep firearms away from children.
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MSU shooting: Rampage over in 8 minutes, timeline shows
A timeline released Friday also confirms that the Feb. 13 shooting that killed three students and injured five was over by the time MSU alerted students to the threat.
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MSU shooter motive hinted at in note: ‘They made me who I am today a killer’
Michigan State Police on Friday released a redacted version of the note suspected campus shooter Anthony McRae wrote a day earlier and carried with him during the crime.
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Michigan Right-to-Work backers plot ballot proposal as Dems pursue repeal
Republican activists and donors are discussing a potential ballot proposal to preserve Right-to-Work as Democrats vote to repeal the law, according to organizers of the fledgling effort.
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Universal background check gun bills clear Michigan House
House Democrats approve legislation that would require background checks for all gun purchases, not just pistols. It’s part of a larger push to tighten gun laws.
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Michigan House votes to repeal Right-to-Work, restore prevailing wage
Democrats move fast on legislation to repeal the state’s Right-to-Work law, a GOP statute that prohibits compulsory union dues or fees as a condition of employment.