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2 days ago · Poll: EV politics could cost Michigan its auto industry. October 10, 2024 | Paula Gardner in. Business Watch. Political differences over EVs could threaten Michigan’s economic future, a new poll suggests, with nearly half of residents willing to cede the state’s leadership in auto manufacturing.
How the $1.2-trillion Biden infrastructure bill will be spent in …
Nov 6, 2021 · Roads and bridges. Michigan’s biggest new funding injection from the bill is for roads and bridges. The bill dedicates $110 billion nationally to the cause, more than $1.5 billion of which could come to Michigan. Still, it’s far less than the $159 billion in Biden’s original ask. According to Whitmer’s office, Michigan is set to receive ...
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October 4, 2024 | Janelle D. James in. Quality of Life. Slotkin, Rogers spar in Michigan U.S. Senate debate. Here are the facts. October 8, 2024 | Lauren Gibbons in. Michigan Government. In Michigan, voters sour on school bonds. Once an easy sell, half now fail.
COVID-19 Michigan numbers, cases, positivity rate, coronavirus
Apr 30, 2024 · Michigan reported 1,848 weekly confirmed COVID-19 cases Tuesday, down 24% from 2,434 last week. The decline comes as the number of confirmed COVID-19-positive hospital patients fell Monday to 410, the lowest since 396 were reported Sept. 11, 2023. Hospitalizations peaked this year at 1,275 on Jan. 3.
Michigan prison staffers quitting in droves. Will 5% raises make …
Jul 26, 2022 · Starting in October, pay will rise 5 percent across the board at a cost of $47 million, the biggest increase in Michigan history. Wisconsin boosted wages by $3 an hour to nearly $23 an hour. Florida is offering new corrections officers bonuses up to $5,000 to help fill a 30 percent vacancy rate. Overall, Michigan correctional officers and ...
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$550 checks in Michigan: Who's getting them, who isn't?
Feb 14, 2024 · This week the state began sending tax credit refund checks to roughly 700,000 lower-income Michigan residents. The checks, averaging about $550, are for those who qualified for the Earned Income Tax Credit in 2022. The checks come after a state law was passed last March that expanded Michigan’s Earned Income Tax Credit from 6% to 30% of the ...
In Michigan, Trump woos autoworkers, blasts Harris on border.
Sep 27, 2024 · Trump has visited Michigan almost weekly as polls show he and Vice President Kamala Harris deadlocked. WARREN — As former President Trump fielded questions beside a classic Chevrolet Camaro SS Friday evening on a swing through Michigan, it was autoworkers who took center stage. Trump only spoke for about 35 minutes at the town-hall style ...
Nuclear plant restart plan stirs hope, reunions in small Michigan …
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