LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder said Tuesday night he is ready to sign a road funding proposal that will generate $1.2 billion for the state's roads and bridges by 2021 after the House and Senate gave the final green light to an amended package on Tuesday. With House passage of the key components just before 10:30
LANSING - A spokesperson for the Michigan Senate majority leader said Wednesday she thinks the earliest the Senate could try again to vote on a road funding solution is next week given the expected absence of some members for the remainder of this week, though the registration fee increase in the House-passed proposal is still
LANSING - "Heartburn" among majority Michigan Senate Republicans about relying on increasing vehicle registration fees to raise most of the new proposed revenues for roads was the major reason why the Senate dropped its plans Tuesday for a vote on House-passed legislation designed to eventually generate $1.2 billion in new road spending, Senate Majority Leader Arlan
LANSING - Organizations are starting to review the roads plan the House passed late Wednesday night, and the first reviews of the proposal are not positive. One reaction was hostile, though the reaction came from an organization circulating petitions to increase the state's Corporate Income Tax to help pay for a roads plan. But other
LANSING - Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof was very mild in his reaction to the road funding proposal passed by the House Wednesday night, largely saying he is grateful the House sent something over. But Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich had more serious concerns. "I think it's a pretty major step backwards. I think it doesn't address the issues
LANSING – Michigan House Republicans on Wednesday found the votes, mostly within their own caucus, to pass a $1.2 billion road funding plan with no guarantees of support from Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof or Governor Rick Snyder. The plan involved $600 million in new revenue through a gas tax increase and registration fee increases and $600
