The debate over whether Michigan's leaders should tap the state's savings account could be one of the defining arguments of budget negotiations.

The budget also proposes a $400 million withdrawal from the state's Rainy Day Fund as the Whitmer administration grapples with changes in federal law.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's proposed budget would shatter the current record amount of School Aid funds shifted to community ...

POLITICS: Michigan ranks near top for January job cuts; Whitmer shifts record number of School Aid dollars to higher ed.

Under Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, there are “fewer families living in poverty” than under her predecessor. The poverty rate under Michigan’s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has ranged from ...