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By Laura Weber

Advocates for senior citizens and retirees say state lawmakers who voted for the new tax on pensions will pay a political price in next year's re-election campaigns - unless they...

By Jerome Vaughn of WDET and Rick Pluta of Michigan Public Radio

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has announced plans to lay off one thousand city workers. The...

By Laura Weber

The head of the Michigan Department of Transportation says he is ready to work on Governor Rick Snyder's proposals to fix and maintain the state's bridges and roads. The governor...

This summer on Points North we did show about the efforts of lawmakers in both Lansing and Washington D.C. to spur more logging in public forests. Congressman Benishek has introduced federal legislation with that intent. He was not on...

By Rick Pluta

Governor Rick Snyder has asked the state Supreme Court to rule on whether the state can tax pensions without running afoul of the Michigan Constitution. Snyder wants to preempt a...

Governor Rick Snyder is almost halfway through his first year in office. So, does he have the answers to what's been ailing Michigan? Why not ask him yourself? Join Capitol Bureau Chief Rick Pluta Friday for a special program where Governor...

By Rick Pluta

People and businesses that owe back taxes to the state of Michigan have until June 30th to pay up without paying fines and penalties. There are potentially hundreds-of-thousands of...

If you ask Governor Rick Snyder, his proposals for Michigan are common sense steps that should have been taken long ago. If you ask his critics, Snyder and the rest of the GOP in Lansing are out to destroy America's middle class. Everybody wants...

By Rick Pluta

Hundreds of senior citizens gathered in front of the state Capitol today to protest Governor Rick Snyder's proposal to tax pensions. Michigan is one of four states with an income...

By Laura Weber

Republicans in the state Senate want to get rid of the Michigan Business Tax. Its repeal is the first piece of legislation introduced in the new Senate session.

The bill...

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