Proposed $15-an-hour minimum wage would boost paychecks
WASHINGTON — A gradual increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would increase the pay of low-income workers across the United...
Billions for Medicaid expansion dangled in front of holdout states
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats are trying again to entice a dozen holdout states — many of them in the South — to expand...
Whitmer rolls out $67B budget, with boosts for schools, public health
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer rolled out her third state budget proposal Thursday morning, with $67.1 billion focusing on education, economic development, infrastructure and public health...
Michigan children to receive $741M in food assistance
The families of 810,000 Michigan children whose access to affordable school meals has been affected by COVID-19 will soon be receiving monthly payments, Gov....
Outlook for $15/hour minimum wage boosted by new govt. report
WASHINGTON — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office in a report Monday found a gradual increase to a $15 federal minimum wage by 2025 would reduce...
House COVID plan requires vaccine recipients be notified if aborted fetuses...
Republicans who control the Michigan House approved a plan Thursday that would require recipients of a COVID-19 vaccine administered using funds from the supplemental...
Column: People with disabilities can’t be left behind during the pandemic
Elected officials must do more to protect people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ten months ago, the World Health Organization issued concerns that people...
Stabenow: Vilsack is ‘one step closer’ to taking back reins at...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved Tom Vilsack’s nomination to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), after a...
1.2M Michigan workers would see a raise under minimum wage bill
More than 25% of Michigan workers, including about one-third of women working in the state, would earn thousands of more dollars each year should...
Gilda Z. Jacobs: We can’t let 2020 be Michigan’s best year...
Bipartisanship might not feel very plausible right now, and in fact, seems to be getting more far-fetched by the day.
I had planned to use...
