| February 22, 2022 
 The Michigan Senate has approved cutting the personal income tax rate from 4.25% to 3.9% and cutting the corporate income tax rate from 6% to 3.9%. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has hinted she’d veto the bill. The plan would cost Michigan about $2.6 billion by 2024, according to the Senate Fiscal Agency. Michigan has a $7 billion budget surplus thanks to COVID-19 federal stimulus funds. Republicans say the change would help grow businesses and keep Michigan competitive, while also giving a break to the citizens. Democrats say the bill is more helpful for businesses than it is for the citizens. Here’s how Michigan’s tax rate would compare with other states, if passed. READ MORE  As Michigan’s multi-billion-dollar legalized recreational marijuana market enters its third year of existence, Detroit remains on the sidelines. Detroit Council President Pro Tem James Tate, who’s spearheaded drafting of the original Detroit marijuana licensing ordinance that’s tied up in a federal lawsuit, and now a revised version, remains hopeful the city will issue recreational marijuana licenses this year. But Some attorneys who spoke with MLive say it doesn’t look like Detroit will be hitting the field any time soon. Frustrated activists are flirting with the idea of putting a ballot proposal before voters themselves. READ MORE  Michigan’s roads are just as legendary as the vehicles the auto capital puts on them. The pothole crisis has long plagued the state — inspiring both an ice cream flavor and a catchy campaign slogan in recent history. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s $3.5 billion Rebuild Michigan plan is still underway. Since 2019, more than 13,000 lane miles of road have been repaired, rebuilt, or replaced. But pothole season is upon us as the Midwest embraces the awkward transition into spring where the weather changes from sunny to snowy in a moment’s notice. READ MORE  The Michigan men’s basketball team’s efforts to improve its postseason standing will take place without its head coach. Juwan Howard was suspended five games, through the remainder of Michigan’s regular season, and fined $40,000 for his role in a brawl at the conclusion of the game at Wisconsin on Sunday. The Big Ten announced the punishment on Monday night. Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard was fined $10,000 but not suspended. READ MORE ►Wolverine Confidential: What comes next for Juwan Howard and Michigan  One word caught the ear of a young priest when his father shared a video of his 1990 baptism at a suburban Detroit church. “Wait,” the Rev. Matthew Hood recalled thinking. “Something doesn’t seem right here.” Indeed, an error by a deacon who said “We baptize” instead of “I baptize” spoiled Hood’s baptism in the eyes of the Catholic Church — and, in domino-like fashion, erased his other sacraments and meant that he wasn’t really a priest. It was perhaps the most significant consequence from a controversy that emerged nearly two years ago at St. Anastasia Church in Troy, after the Vatican said the use of “we” invalidates baptisms in the Catholic faith. READ MORE ►Thousands of botched baptisms cause confusion after Catholic priest's one-word mistake MLive All Digital Access
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