Michigan’s income tax rate could drop by a fraction of a percentage point under a bill passed in the state House of Representatives Tuesday.

State lawmakers want to remove the income cap on Indiana’s school voucher program. Parents who choose vouchers say that would make the system simpler and more equitable. But public school advocates say the cost of expanding vouchers comes at a price to traditional public schools.

Medicaid members and advocates thanked lawmakers for removing the cap — but they still want lawmakers to reconsider other policies in the bill.

The Indiana Department of Health issued new guidance to local and county health departments to stop accepting gender change requests for Indiana birth records.

A Michigan House Committee could forward a Republican road funding plan to the full House floor Tuesday.

Gov. Mike Braun spoke to a crowd of a couple hundred people at the Statehouse Monday who were rallying for property tax relief — or, in many cases, the elimination of property taxes altogether.

Indiana’s labor force participation rate has grown steadily for the eighth month in a row. That’s according to the Indiana Department of Workforce.

Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says there will be a floor vote this week on a bill to roll back the state income tax rate.

Former State Sen. Karen Tallian is the new chair of the Indiana Democratic Party.

A Michigan elections board rejected an effort to recall Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Friday.Two recall petitions alleged Benson misused state resources and took too long to settle campaign finance complaints. The petition sponsor wasn’t at Friday’s meeting of the Board of State Canvassers, leaving attorneys for Benson to pick them apart before the board.