Lindsay VanHulle
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Lansing, MI, United States
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As September looms, no Republican proposal yet to fix Michigan’s roads
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican legislative leaders are still meeting to discuss road funding and the 2020 budget, but they haven’t yet reached a compromise. They have until the end of September to pass a budget or risk a shutdown. → Read More
Right to Life of Michigan launches ballot drive to ban abortion procedure
One day after Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she will veto bills to ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure, the anti-abortion group said it has filed paperwork to put the issue to voters in 2020. → Read More
Six big proposals in Gretchen Whitmer’s first Michigan budget
The new Michigan governor urges a state spending increase of 3.6 percent, with the centerpiece a 45-cent gas tax hike. She also proposes spending more for schools and to protect drinking water. The budget will test bipartisan pledges with state Republicans. → Read More
Gov. Whitmer: Boost Michigan schools by $507 million, with more for neediest students
Michigan’s governor’s first budget offers a fairly radical change in how the state spends money on public school students, with questions still on where the money would come from. → Read More
Attorney General Dana Nessel may review Michigan minimum wage, sick leave laws
Dana Nessel, a Democrat, said she may review Michigan lame-duck laws that gutted citizen proposals to raise the minimum wage and require paid sick leave. Her stance could produce a high-impact legal showdown with Republicans. → Read More
The real state of no-fault auto insurance: Reform within reach for Michigan
Lawmakers and advocates say they see hope that a Republican legislature and Democratic governor can finally reform Michigan’s sky high insurance rates. → Read More
2019 priorities in Lansing: roads and schools, no-fault and clean water
The new legislative session kicks off this month, and with it, the first test of bipartisanship in an era of divided state government. → Read More
Michigan budget deal shifts money from schools for toxic cleanups
Lawmakers hand Gov. Rick Snyder his top priority in the final hours of lame duck session. But the extra money for hazardous cleanups has school officials howling. → Read More
Group behind Michigan paid sick leave vows 2020 ballot drive if law gutted
The group that spearheaded the state’s new paid sick leave law says it believes the arrival of Democratic Gov.-elect Gretchen Whitmer — and her veto pen — in January will help its chances of making the ballot in 2020. → Read More
Gretchen Whitmer projected winner in Michigan governor race
Whitmer, the former Senate minority leader, rolling to victory over Bill Schuette in her race to succeed term-limited Gov. Rick Snyder. → Read More
Truth Squad | Michigan pro-pot group misleads on tax money generated by legalization
It is difficult to predict how much tax revenue Michigan could expect from legalizing pot with Proposal 1. But predictions of a $500 million windfall for the state are misleading. → Read More
Michigan Proposal 2 redistricting group defends dark money as fighting fire with fire
Voters Not Politicians makes no apologies for accepting $10 million from dark-money groups, saying its well-funded opponents are doing the same. Critics say the donations show national progressive groups are steering the ballot effort. → Read More
Servers want $12 an hour. This restaurant owner says he can't afford it.
A new Michigan law would require restaurant servers to earn at least $12 an hour before tips by 2024 — if Michigan legislators don’t change it first. → Read More
Michigan Legislature passes minimum wage, paid sick leave bills to avert ballot
The Republican-led legislature could be in for a legal fight if they try to blunt or kill these measures after the November election. Democrats accuse GOP of foiling the will of voters by keeping measures off ballot. → Read More
Michigan appeals court orders minimum wage proposal put on November ballot
Opponents, including the hospitality industry, may appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court. → Read More
Bill Gelineau leads in Michigan Libertarian governor primary
If he hangs on, Gelineau will advance to the November general election after winning the first Libertarian Party gubernatorial primary in state history. → Read More
Bill Schuette wins Republican nod for Michigan governor
A bruising campaign has narrowed the four-person GOP gubernatorial field to one — Michigan’s Attorney General → Read More
Republican governor candidates make final primary push in Grand Rapids
Greeting supporters on busy streets, touring businesses, heading for the coast, all four Michigan Republican governor candidates scrap for votes as the GOP race turns heated. → Read More
Michigan voters to decide paid sick leave issue in fall. Minimum wage effort stalled.
State canvassers on Friday voted to certify a ballot proposal for November to require employers to offer paid sick leave, but deadlocked on another to raise the minimum wage. → Read More
Emails suggest Republicans gerrymandered Michigan to weaken ‘Dem garbage’
Emails involving Republican strategists and the Michigan Chamber emerge in a federal lawsuit about Michigan gerrymandering. The messages suggest that helping GOP candidates was the central focus in redrawing legislative boundaries back in 2011. → Read More