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House Republicans stuck together and, with the support of three Democrats, pushed through sweeping reforms to the state's auto insurance system for the first time since the Michigan's no-fault law was created more than 40 years ago.

Public school district officials wouldn't need to get a waiver from the Department of Education (MDE) if they wanted their schools to start before Labor Day, under legislation that moved out of a House committee Tuesday morning.

Special elections with new maps will need to be held in 2020 in congressional, state Senate and House districts as part of the League of Women Voters' (LWV) gerrymandering lawsuit, a three-judge Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.

The three-bill civil asset forfeiture package -- SB 0002, HB 4001, and HB 4002 -- was sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for her presumed signature Thursday.

The redistricting controversy is back in the news and it is sure to cast a long shadow over the legislative process in the coming months.

When there's an emergency -- a heart attack, a fire, an active shooter -- dispatchers automatically get an address of where the 911 call is coming from. But in larger facilities, they won't know where in the building the call is coming from.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's plans to connect older students and new high school graduates to two-year higher education scholarships were unveiled Thursday morning amid bipartisan, business and union support at Lansing Community College.

It seems like bipartisanship is hard to come by these days. Here at SBAM, we are committed to being intentionally bipartisan because we advocate for policies that help small businesses thrive, regardless of who proposes them.