The governor says tolling may be ‘part of the long-term solution’ as fuel tax revenues are expected to decline as the sale of electric vehicles increase.

Many changes are necessary to accommodate Proposal 2, the constitutional amendment that allows for nine days of early voting, some clerks say.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will give her first, in-person State of the State address since 2020, before the pandemic hit Michigan. Here is everything you need to know about how to watch it and what topics she is expected to cover.

Tax relief expected to be centerpiece of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s State of the State address. ‘These are meaningful ways we can put real money back in people's pockets,’ she says.

Public tech companies in major U.S. cities are shedding tens of thousands of jobs — just as Michigan firms need to fill similar positions. With tech leaders including Amazon, Microsoft and Salesforce retrenching, state business leaders say the time is right to move.

Legislative rules allow lawmakers to allocate big money with the barest of details. Some Democrats want big changes. But others seem reluctant to commit.

Parents’ rights groups aiming to stop school discussions on diversity and LGTBQ issues generally lost at the ballot box. But they are not going away, leaving schools and vulnerable students still in great need of public support.

Camping and hiking at state, national, local and metroparks has increased significantly since before the pandemic. Parks are already taking reservations for visitors and job applications for the summer season.

Imposing three-to-five-year funding cycles makes school funding more predictable and enables better district forecasting. Currently, districts rely on the whims of politics one year to the next. It makes it harder for districts to budget, which makes it harder to solve the teacher shortage issue or hire more counselors.

In her fifth State of the State address, set for Wednesday, Whitmer will make the case for more tutors in schools before spring break to help students recover from pandemic learning loss.