Michigan's health insurance program for the poor is expected to lose billions of dollars in revenue as a result of changes in law at the federal level.

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 13.1% to 13.5%. The state’s poverty rate remains higher than the national average.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Saving Michiganders Money Plan aims to provide financial relief to seniors, families and workers through targeted tax cuts and expanded education funding.

When referencing tax breaks for seniors, Whitmer also highlighted the recent completion of a “full rollback of the retirement tax” and an end to taxes on Social Security, both provisions previously passed.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's budget director will go before lawmakers Wednesday to lay out her proposed spending plan for the next fiscal year — just the next step in a long budgeting process.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is eyeing a $250 per-student funding increase in the money the state gives public school districts. That’s according to a preview of her upcoming budget proposal.

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will propose a $625 million infusion of state funding into literacy efforts in her final budget plan, more than triple what was allocated in the current fiscal year. The reading proposal, if approved by lawmakers, would represent a $434.2 million net increase, according to the Michigan budget office.

DETROIT — Michigan could do something this fall that it hasn’t done in more than 65 years: elect a Democrat to succeed a Democratic governor