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Trump’s pause on refugee resettlement could cost Michigan $416M, study finds
The Trump administration halted plans to bring 2,265 refugees to Michigan
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Michigan, Government, Immigration, Michigan, refugees, Global Detroit, Businesses and People for Immigration, Public Policy Associates, economy, taxes, Donald Trump
Business leaders rally behind immigration to boost economy
With Michigan’s declining birth rate and population stagnation, supporters argue that immigration is essential
Tags: Michigan, Immigration, Local Businesses, Businesses and People for Immigration, Michigan, Donald Trump, Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, taxes, jobs, economy
Corporate welfare took $1 billion from Detroit’s schools, city services over past decade
“The thievery is just incredible,” a tax justice activist says
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Downtown Detroit, Downtown Development Authority, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Russ Bellant, corporate welfare, Ilitch family, Dan Gilbert, taxes, Detroit, Detroiters for Tax Justice
Michigan’s undocumented immigrants contribute $290 million in taxes a year, according to study
In some states — such as New York, Florida, and Texas — contributions exceed $1 billion annually
By Layla McMurtrie
Tags: Michigan, Government, Labor, undocumented immigrants, taxes, immigrant taxes, Michigan taxes, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, 2024 presidential election, immigrant policies
State AG Nessel joins legal battle against TurboTax’s ‘free’ filing ruse
The company is accused of defrauding taxpayers with misleading ads
Tags: Michigan, News, Government, Intuit, Michigan, TurboTaxes, taxes, Michigan Attorney General, lawsuit, Federal Trade Commission, Dana Nessel
Michigan cannabis sales hit record high in 2023, creating tax windfall for governments
Pot sales generated $457.6 million in new taxes last year, a massive amount of money for roads, schools, and local governments
Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Government, Local Businesses, Taxes, excise taxes, marijuana, dispensaries, Michigan, Detroit, 2023, adult-use marijuana, medical marijuana
Michigan’s wealthy are being taxed less than the rest of us, according to study
We’re being screwed
By Randiah Camille Green
Tags: Michigan, News, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Michigan News, taxes
Activists urge AG Nessel to weigh in on legal remedies for overtaxed Detroiters
The illegal property tax assessments resulted in an as many as 100,000 Detroiters, most of them Black, losing their homes to foreclosure between 2010 and 2016
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Mary Sheffield, Detroit City Council, Detroit, tax foreclosures, homeowners, taxes, Mayor Duggan, Rashida Tlaib, Bernadette Atuahene
Detroit City Council debates giving billionaire Dan Gilbert another $60M in tax breaks for delayed Hudson’s project
Michigan’s poorest city wants to give the state’s wealthiest resident a tax break
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit City Council, tax incentives, taxes, Dan Gilbert, Hudson's, Bedrock, James Tate
Detroit illegally overtaxed homeowners $600M. They’re still waiting to be compensated.
An estimated 100,000 Detoiters lost their home to foreclosures because of over-assessments
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Detroit, property taxes, Assessments, Coalition for Property Tax Justice, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, Mary Sheffield, taxes
Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey owes nearly $65,000 in delinquent taxes, according to liens on home
Tags: Taxes, lien, Janice Winfrey, Detroit, Detroit City Clerk, Denzel McCampbell, income taxes
Michigan communities with recreational marijuana dispensaries to split $10M in tax revenue
Tags: Marijuana News, Marijuana, dispensaries, Michigan, Marijuana Regulator Agency, Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor, Bay County, Detroit, Lansing, taxes, roads, schools
Recreational marijuana sales reach nearly $440M in first year in Michigan
Tags: Marijuana News, Marijuana, recreational marijuana, Michigan, Detroit, Dispensaries, taxes, sales
Duggan unveils plan to help homeowners over-billed by inflated tax assessments
Tags: Property taxes, taxes, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, property values, foreclosures, homes, Detroit Land Bank
Michigan communities paying price for declining share of state revenue
By Mary Kulhman, Michigan News Connection
Tags: Michigan, taxes, revenue sharing, fines, Black Lives Matter
These Michigan billionaires got $45.3 billion richer during the pandemic
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Dan Gilbert, Marian Ilitch, billionaires, Michigan, pandemic, COVID-19, coronavirus, tax, taxes, Biden
This election is a test. If we fail, we might not get another chance.
By Jeffrey C. Billman
Tags: Informed Dissent, Trump, Trump's America, coronavirus, COVID-19, 2020, election, taxes, racism, white nationalism
Lawsuit seeks to abolish 'tampon tax' in Michigan, argues it's discriminatory
Tags: Tampons, famine hygiene products, taxes, sales tax, Lansing, Michigan, gender equality, Gov. Whitmer, Court of Claims, lawsuit
Recreational marijuana sales reach nearly $32M in first 3 months of legalization
Tags: Marijuana News, Marijuana, dispensary, Lansing, Marijuana Regulatory Agency, Detroit, taxes
40+ recreational marijuana shops licensed in first 2 months of legal sales in Michigan
Tags: Marijuana News, Marijuana, recreational marijuana, dispensaries, River Rouge, Michigan, Marijuana Regulatory Agency, Detroit, Walled Lake, Herbology, 1st Quality Medz, taxes, Michigan
Detroit’s Sister Pie to temporarily close for ‘radical reconfiguration’ amid financial crisis
Nope, the ‘nasty’ bathrooms on Belle Isle aren't moonlighting as a fried chicken joint
Detroit Metro Times is going biweekly
