Developers behind a slate of projects totaling $1.5 billion are looking for $797 million in public funding to get it done.

The Bloomfield Hills businessman and self-described ‘quality guru’ said he will cut the Super Bowl ad, his second in two years, to clarify his political plans. In addition to Michigan, the ad could run in the early primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire, he said.

Michigan Democrats are fast-tracking a bill to move up the state’s presidential primary dates. But Republicans worry doing so may shrink their representation in the Republican National Convention.

As inflation starts to moderate, used car prices are falling faster than most consumer prices. Yet high interest rates, still-limited supply and other factors mean they’re unlikely to be considered ‘low’ again for many years.

Nine years ago, 1 in 10 Michigan workers made minimum wage. Today, the lowest-paid workers tend to be young women, many of whom may still be in school.

NewsGuard, a publication that rates news sites for credibility, singles out Bridge in its annual report as a model ‘straight shooter.’

First action is likely an expansion of a tax credit for lower-wage earners. Despite calls for unity and bipartisanship, Democrats and Republicans are already sniping over who should get credit.

Orphan oil wells plague the Midwest, but new federal funds will help plug them. Michigan has around 450 orphan wells in the Lower Peninsula, with large concentrations in Manistee and Benzie counties and along the border of Charlevoix and Otsego counties.

Candidates vying to lead the Michigan Republican Party now embrace absentee ballots to compete with Democrats. But election officials say that ‘ballot harvesting’ — having a political operative collect ballots from multiple voters — remains illegal in the state.

Newly elected county commissioners voted to hire a well-known conservative law firm, bypassing a competitive bidding process and sparking transparency concerns.

Twelve states have passed their own state child tax credits that are independent of the federal credit, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Michigan is not one of them.

The proposal doesn’t have a clear political path after Democrats won full control of the state legislature in November.