Join State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks and her guest, Ryan Laruwe, executive director of Treasury’s Michigan Infrastructure Council (MIC) as they discuss MIC's new 'Dig Once' Portal, the Asset Management Champions training program, and the importance of infrastructure work to all Michiganders.

RESOURCES

• Michigan Infrastructure Council (MIC) website
• MIC’s 30-Year Integrated Infrastructure Strategy
• MIC’s Asset Management Champions Program

Register for the latest AM Champions cohort by August 8, 2025!

State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks and her guest, Outreach Manager Sarah Rusnell discuss the many free resources and educational benefits that MI Treasury offers to both taxpayers and tax professionals.

RESOURCES

Outreach webpage:

• Treasury-hosted and Invitation/Partnership events are listed on our Events Calendar. We have scheduled education events this summer, check them out and register!
• Sign up for Treasury-Outreach email communications through our webpage. We promise not to spam you. We send periodic communications about education event opportunities as well as Treasury tax and process changes that impact the tax community.
• Connect with us: TreasuryOutreach@michigan.gov. It is important to note that the Outreach team cannot serve as a substitute or work around for any established Treasury communication pathway. We are happy to guide, clarify, and support you as well as receive your feedback, education topic suggestions or questions.

>>Tax Professionals Help Line: 517-636-0616 (via the Taxpayer Advocate’s Office)

>>How to accurately and properly complete a Treasury power of attorney form.

New/Refreshed taxes web content:

• Disaster-Related State Tax Relief
• Michigan Earned Income Tax for Working Families Tax Credit
• Homestead Property Tax Credit
• Retirement and Pension Benefits Subtraction
• Payroll Service Providers
• Taxability Change: Delivery and Installation Charges
• Business Taxes Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Payments
• MTO Payment Tutorials
• MiTRACE: Tobacco Stamping
• Collections eService Help Center
• Individual Income Tax eService Help Center
• Offer in Compromise

Join MI State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks and her guests, Ashley Kuykendoll and State Senator Sarah Anthony, for a special edition of the podcast to acknowledge the second anniversary of the “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair” (CROWN) Act legislation. The CROWN Act expanded the state’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act and banned race-based hair discrimination in the state of Michigan.

Sharing her own insight on the CROWN Act is Ashley Kuykendoll, People & Culture Division director for Treasury’s Operational Excellence Bureau.

AND at MINUTE 13:49, Senator Anthony gives listeners the backstory on what it took to get the bill she sponsored signed into legislation, and why she didn't give up on the CROWN Act.

Senator Anthony has made history multiple times throughout her 20-year career in public service. She served as mid-Michigan’s first African American woman to be elected to the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate, and is the first Black woman to chair the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.

RESOURCES

Governor Whitmer Signs Bipartisan CROWN Act to End Hair Discrimination

The CROWN Act: A jewel for combating racial discrimination in the workplace and classroom

Sen. Anthony Recognized for Championing CROWN Act by Michigan Civil Rights Commission

The Person Beneath the Hair: Hair Discrimination, Health, and Well-Being

Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act

Crown 2023 Workplace Research Study (Dove & LinkedIn)