Michigan sales tax

(MPRN-Lansing) Some Republicans in the state Senate want to throw out the road funding plan lawmakers passed in 2015 and replace it in 2016. A new…

Gongwer News Service Editor Zach Gorchow says placing Proposal 1 on the ballot has turned out to be "one the biggest political miscalculations in modern…

Michigan voters go to the polls tomorrow to decide whether to raise the state’s sales tax and boost road funding. A number of polls suggest the proposal…

A final push to convince voters to support a ballot proposal for road funding brought Governor Rick Snyder to Kalamazoo on Friday. The governor spoke at…

If voters approve a proposal to increase the sales tax on May 5th, it will trigger a series of laws designed to boost funding for roads in Michigan. The…

State Representative Dave Maturen says it would not be helpful for lawmakers to start working on an alternative road funding proposal. The Republican…

State Representative Aaron Miller says lawmakers and the Snyder administration should not count on voters approving a sales tax increase to boost road…

Michigan lobbyists spent more than $37-million trying to influence state lawmakers last year. Not all of the money has been reported so the total is…

The state’s top budget official says he would support limiting the amount of money a business could claim in tax credits each year. Michigan faces a…

Initial polling numbers don't look good and there was a shake up in the campaign to approve the ballot measure to raise the state sales tax. All of that…