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Michigan lets owners claim lost or abandoned property online. If you lost a check, forgot about a bank account or otherwise abandoned property, it should eventually end up with the state, where you can claim it.
The new law means big changes: Private sector workers no longer can avoid paying union dues if they are employed in a workplace with a collective bargaining agreement.
Michigan is one of 11 states that doesn’t require parents to notify school or state officials when they homeschool children. Suggestions to count students has prompted an outcry from homeschoolers.
Sponsors say a plan to let growing businesses capture payroll taxes would increase prosperity at a time when Michigan incomes are falling and some economists sound dire warning about the state’s future.
On a day of conflicting feelings from survivors, growing research shows how the brain reacts to ‘fight-or-flight’ instincts that can manifest themselves in guilt, anxiety and even gratitude.
More than 1 in 5 Michigan lawmakers have signed non-disclosure agreements to learn about taxpayer funded economic development projects. Some are now calling for reforms.
