The plan also includes about $15.6 billion for education.

"Our nonprofit leaders, they are tired, they are stressed."

“If we don’t properly invest in capital preventative maintenance and rehabilitation when the road needs it, that road will last only 20 years.”

Academics say that the decisions risk damaging the bedrock of Great Lakes research.

Her ruling could come any day, and could be pushed back as far as the end of April.

Chatfield will be back in court Friday for the final day of his preliminary exam.

Chatfield has denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty.

Whitmer says the state is still 140,000 units short of its needed housing capacity.

Transparency advocates say that the agreements obscure information from the public.

This year only, small businesses will be exempt from the policies until Oct. 1.

On Friday, the minimum wage increased to $12.48 an hour, also bumping the tipped wage to $4.74.

Under the plan, all workers would still accrue one hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked.

Legislators say they’re optimistic they’ll be able to get the proposal to the governor’s desk before midnight.

Lawmakers are optimistic that they’ll be able to reach a compromise by Friday.

Advocates say that workforce reliability is essential in a time- and weather-sensitive business like agriculture.