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Nearly a billion dollars has been invested in downtown Grand Rapids construction projects this year, a Michigan Court of Claims judge has declined to block a new wholesale tax on recreation marijuana, and more.

The state argues the new tax is not an amendment to the marijuana initiative, but a new and separate law to raise revenue for roads

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The industry claims the wholesale tax will drive its customers to the illegal market, shut down legal businesses, and cost jobs in the nascent marijuana sector

The state has argued in its written briefs that the purpose of the wholesale is to generate $420 million for roads and not to regulate marijuana

A lawsuit challenging the state’s new wholesale marijuana tax will get its first hearing this week before a Michigan Court of Claims judge

The state argues the new wholesale tax is distinct from the initiative’s retail tax, and therefore does not act as an amendment to the marijuana law

Many west Michigan school districts have more money to pay for improvements after voters approved bond issues in yesterday’s election. But in Rockford the bond proposal was rejected

The state has not yet filed its reply to the lawsuit

Volunteers can help other state residents prepare their taxes this upcoming tax season