“Internet sales tax” approved by state Senate
The state Senate has approved legislation that would require internet retailers such as Amazon.com to collect a six-percent tax on all sales to people in Michigan. Supporters say it is unfair to...
View ArticleStalled road fix talks, new abortion bills, and online sales tax
This week, Jack Lessenberry and Emily Fox discuss the final days of lame duck, including the hold up on a plan to fix the roads, a pair of Senate-approved abortion coercion bills, and a bill that would...
View ArticleMichigan to force online retailers to collect sales tax
Michigan residents who buy from Amazon.com and other online stores will be forced to pay the state's 6 percent sales tax starting October 1 of this year. Gov. Rick Snyder signed the so-called "Main...
View ArticleJackson weighing possible May vote on road millage
The Jackson city council tonight will discuss asking voters for a big tax hike to pay to repair the city’s crumbling roads. Like other Michigan cities, Jackson’s roads have been getting worse for...
View ArticleDraft released of wording for May road funding proposal
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's elections director has released proposed wording of a road funding ballot proposal asking voters if they want to increase the state sales tax. Chris Thomas published...
View ArticleFederal funding of Michigan roads down 8% in 5 years
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - As Michigan readies for a vote on raising taxes to smooth a deteriorating network of roads, one reason is because it's contending with the reality that federal money for the...
View ArticleFirst ad backing tax hike says Michigan roads are 'dangerous'
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The first TV ad urging passage of a Michigan sales tax increase says the roads aren't just bad, they're dangerous. A group backing a "yes" vote on a May ballot measure will start...
View ArticleDebate over sales tax hike moves into final month
A month from today, Michigan voters will decide a proposed increase in the state sales tax. Polls suggest voters will reject the one-penny sales tax hike to pay for repairing Michigan roads. Money...
View ArticleSales tax hike backers shift into get-out-the-vote mode
Michigan voters will decide May 5 if they want to add a penny to the state sales tax to pay for fixing Michigan’s roads. The proposal also includes money for schools and local governments.
View ArticlePoll shows many Michigan voters have made up their minds about Prop 1
A new poll shows four in five Michigan voters have made up their minds about next month’s ballot question that would hike the state sales tax. But the man who took the poll is taking the result with a...
View ArticleState reports county roads and city streets in bad shape
About two-thirds of Michigan roads get no federal funding. Once you get off the interstates and highways, most of the county, city, and township roads are totally reliant on state and local taxes. A...
View ArticleFoggy about Proposal 1? Gov. Snyder explains how a sales tax increase would...
Three weeks from now, we will know the fate of Proposal 1, the plan that would raise around $1.2 billion for road funding by increasing the state’s sales tax. It would also raise money for schools and...
View ArticleProposal 1 backers use a school bus to educate voters about sales tax ballot...
There’s one week to go before Michigan voters decide if they will support a one penny increase to the state sales tax. Union supporters will spend part of this week towing a school bus around the...
View ArticleGov. Snyder takes the sales tax increase campaign down on the farm
Supporters of a proposed state sales tax hike are taking their campaign to Michigan’s farmers. Tuesday, Michigan voters will decide on a ballot proposal that will increase the state sales tax from 6%...
View ArticleOnline retailers will start collecting Michigan sales tax Thursday
Starting Thursday, more online companies will add the Michigan sales tax to purchases made by Michigan customers. Online retail giant Amazon is among the companies that will add the 6% tax to their...
View ArticleMichigan's tax on tampons is unjust. It's time to repeal it.
Tampons and sanitary napkins. I’ve been a journalist for four decades, and during that time have written and broadcast about everything from train wrecks to Marshall Tito. I’ve written about plumbing...
View ArticleMichigan lawmakers hope to eliminate the "tampon tax"
The so-called “tampon tax” has got to go. That’s the message of lawmakers in both chambers of the state Legislature. Democrats and a couple Republicans are teaming up to get rid of Michigan’s use tax...
View ArticleMichigan Senate votes to override Snyder's veto of tax cut
For the first time in Gov. Rick Snyder's tenure, a legislative chamber has voted to override one of his vetoes. The Republican-led state Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to support a tax cut for...
View ArticleState Legislature overrides governor’s veto on car tax bills
The state Legislature went over the governor’s head Wednesday. It approved a veto override – something that hasn’t happened in Michigan since 2002. The bills speed up the phase-out of the sales tax on...
View ArticleMedical marijuana sales are generating a tax windfall for Michigan
State regulators are projecting an $18.2 million sales tax windfall from sales of medical marijuana this fiscal year. 7,002 pounds of medical marijuana products have been sold since state monitoring...
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