The minimum wage rose to $13.73
Up from $12.48, on the path the legislature set towards $15 in 2027.
Who it touches. Anyone paid at or near the floor.
Source: crainsdetroit.com ·
New laws
Eight changes you may not have noticed
These are state laws, passed in Lansing and landing in 2026. Most arrived on 1 January without anyone announcing them to you.
The one that reaches the most people
The minimum wage went from $12.48 to $13.73 an hour, on a path the legislature set towards $15 in 2027. The dashed bar has not happened yet.
Source: crainsdetroit.com ·The rest of them
Tips and overtime became deductible
A state deduction on tipped income and on overtime pay, for tax years 2026 through 2028. It is temporary by design.
Who it touches. Servers, bartenders, and anyone regularly working past forty hours.
Source: crainsdetroit.com ·A 24 per cent wholesale tax on cannabis
Charged on transfers to retailers, on top of the existing 10 per cent retail excise and ordinary sales tax. Projected to raise about $420 million, earmarked for roads.
Who it touches. Retailers first. Buyers soon enough.
Source: fox2detroit.com ·Unemployment benefit rose to $530 a week
Up from $446 for new claims from 1 January 2026, with more for dependants.
Who it touches. New claimants.
Source: clickondetroit.com ·Ticket bots banned
Public Act 49 outlaws bots and other prohibited means of acquiring event tickets.
Who it touches. Anyone who has lost a queue to software. the Taylor Swift law
Source: fox2detroit.com ·Earmarks must be published
Public Acts 32 and 33 require proposed enhancement grants to be posted online, naming the legislator proposing them and the recipient.
Who it touches. Anyone who wants to know where a grant came from.
Source: clickondetroit.com ·Schools may teach firearm safety
Public Act 48 permits an elective firearm safety course.
Who it touches. Districts that choose to offer it.
Source: clickondetroit.com ·Child care centers may fit security locks
Public Act 60 clears the way for door locks used during a security incident.
Who it touches. Licensed child care centers.
Source: clickondetroit.com ·Longer pieces on this
Eight things that quietly became law in Michigan this year
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Most of them arrived on 1 January without anybody announcing it to you. Two put money in your pocket, one takes it back out, and one exists because of a ticket queue.
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