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Whitmer’s Subsidy Deals Deliver Just 3% of Promised Jobs
MIDLAND, Mich. — A new report from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy finds that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s most prominent business subsidy deals have fallen far short of expectations, producing only a small share of the jobs promised while costing taxpayers billions.
In total, Whitmer has authorized approximately $6.9 billion in subsidies to select businesses since 2019. Of that, $2.7 billion was committed to eight major projects that received widespread media attention and were promoted as “generational” investments capable of transforming Michigan’s economy. To date, the state has actually transferred to companies or local economic development agencies $1.8 billion in taxpayer funds. Click here to read more.
Record 25 million adults under 35 live with parents amid housing crisis: 2025 analysis
WASHINGTON — A record 25.2 million adults under age 35 are living with their parents amid the ongoing housing crisis, according to a 2025 analysis.
Nearly 1 in 3 young adults were living at home last year, which is higher than the pandemic-era count, Realtor.com research found last Thursday.
“Roughly 70% of 25- to 34-year-olds living with parents are employed,” said Hannah Jones, senior economist at Realtor.com and author of the report. “That share held steady even as the overall co-residence rate has climbed—meaning the growth is coming from working adults, not people waiting to find jobs.”
According to the data, 52% of 18- to 24-year-olds living at home are employed, as well as 68% of 30- to 34-year-olds, according to the report.
“Something about their income level, debt load, or the cost of housing in their market is keeping them home despite steady employment,” Jones said. Click here to read more.
Nearly 30% of federal employees owe $6.3 billion in unpaid taxes, investigation finds
A tax fraud investigation headed by the House Oversight Committee has found that 571,000 federal employees — out of the approximately two million currently working for the government — are not paying their share of income taxes.
The half a million number is continuing to surge, and tax debt among federal workers has grown 32% since 2021. The number of government employees who aren’t paying taxes has increased by 43% in three years, according to House Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., who serves as chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The committee announced its investigation launch on Wednesday. Click here to read more.
FBI adds 2 new suspects to ‘Most Wanted Health Care Fraud’ list
Michigan is seeing a spike in the popularity of a U.S. Department of Agriculture program that allows some people on food stamps to use their Bridge cards at fast food restaurants.
The state’s reimbursements from the federal government for the Restaurant Meals Program increased geometrically between 2022 and 2025. Payments from Washington rose from $26,656 in 2022 to $37,255 in 2023. The figure jumped to $580,568 in 2024 and last year spiked to $2.4 million.
From 2024 to 2025, the increase in reimbursement increased by 313%, according to the data from a Freedom of Information Act request that was filed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The number of restaurants participating in the program rose from 50 in 2022 to 292 in 2025. Click here to read more.
5 takeaways from Supreme Court’s big rulings on immigration, guns
The Supreme Court left President Trump and gun rights advocates celebrating Thursday.
In a series of 6-3 decisions, the high court ticked off some of its anticipated remaining cases as the justices move closer to their summer recess.
But their rulings didn’t come without friction on the bench.
Here are five takeaways.
Leading the day were a pair of big immigration decisions that both favored Trump.
Each came down along the court’s familiar ideological lines, with the president’s own appointees providing some of the crucial votes.
The first allows Trump to proceed with a key plank of his second-term deportation crackdown by cutting off legal protections for Haitians and Syrians.
