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MI: Michigan municipalities question Gov. Rick Snyder's revenue sharing proposal

By Melissa Anders

Michigan's local governments have a lot of questions and concerns about Gov. Rick Snyder's budget that ties revenue sharing to requirements for accountability, transparency, consolidation of services and employee compensation.

MI: Talk on Congress floor isn't all politics; sometimes, it's about thongs

By Dawson Bell

Ever wonder what the pols are talking about when they cluster on the floor of Congress in the midst of lofty debate?

MI: State Rep. Bob Genetski charged with drunken driving, cited for refusing Breathalyzer test

By John Barnes

State Rep. Bob Genetski is fighting to keep his driver's license after allegedly refusing a Breathalyzer test, contrary to information he released earlier indicating he had taken the mandatory test.

MI: Robocalls swamp Michigan voters -- and many are annoyed

By Todd Spangler

Swarms of political robocalls are sounding private Michigan phones in advance of Tuesday's Republican presidential primary -- and many folks find themselves predictably annoyed.

MI: Michigan lottery prizes may factor into welfare rules

By The Associated Press

Lottery and other gambling winnings would factor into eligibility for welfare assistance under legislation approved Tuesday by the Republican-led Michigan House.

MI: Michigan House votes to trim appeals court size

By The Associated Press

A bill approved by the Michigan House would trim the number of judges on the state's Court of Appeals.

MI: Gov. Snyder restarting Highland Park schools emergency manager plan

By Dave Murray

Gov. Rick Snyder is re-setting his plan to install an emergency manager in the Highland Park schools after a judge ruled that review meetings leading up to the decision violated the state's open meetings act.

MI: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyders signs laws to let county commission take over roads

By Paul Egan

Gov. Rick Snyder today signed two bills that allow county commissioners to take over the powers of county road commissions.

US: Colleges worry that court could make diversity harder to maintain

By Tamar Lewin

The news that the Supreme Court is revisiting the use of race as a factor in admissions decisions, just nine years after upholding it in a University of Michigan case, has admissions officials worried about maintaining diversity and confounded that the question is being reconsidered so soon.

US: Governors as policy innovators

By Eric Schnurer

Four years of recession have left governors with seemingly little to cut — yet, like most governments in this country from the courthouse to the White House, they face a structural mismatch between the spending their citizens still want and the taxes they're willing to pay for it. For the past decade, I've been working with governors across the country to bridge this gap. Doing so successfully involves more than the simple choice normally posed publicly between cutting services and increasing taxes.

US: Tax-cut bill includes updates to jobless benefits system

By Annie Lowrey

Tucked into a $140 billion bill extending emergency jobless benefits and a temporary cut to payroll taxes are several provisions intended to modernize the country's outdated unemployment insurance system.

Oscar night secret: Tax breaks for films go undisclosed in many states

By Will Wilson, Special to Stateline — 02/22/2012

States are eager to use financial incentives to attract Hollywood productions. But they're less enthusiastic about revealing which films got how much help.

Public still wary of gas tax hikes

By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline Staff Writer — 02/22/2012

TRANSPORTATION BEAT: With federal funding for transportation up in the air, many states are looking for new ways to finance repair work on roads and bridges, as well as the building of new ones. But recent polls from Iowa, Maryland and Michigan show residents are in no mood to pay higher state gas taxes.

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