Prescription drugs have become the biggest expense category in health care at 23.3 percent, according to national statistics. Medicine costs make up more of the total health care pie than staying in the hospital, which …
State government still owes $1.2 billion for road projects that were approved as many as two decades ago and will pay an estimated $196.6 million in interest this fiscal year alone on the debt, a House …
Four key legislative leaders Friday morning told the Michigan Press Association annual meeting that legislative leadership is more amenable to expanding Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) coverage to the Legislature and the Governor's office than …
A three-judge appellate panel denied the proposed consent agreement that would have resolved the League of Women Voters’ lawsuit against the Secretary of State (SOS) over Republican-drawn redistricting maps that […]
Secretary of State (SOS) Jocelyn Benson Tuesday asked Attorney General Dana Nessel to opine on the constitutionality of the law passed in lame duck that set limits, per congressional district, on signatures gathered for citizens' initiatives.
Secretary of State (SOS) Jocelyn Benson announced a proposed deal in the federal redistricting lawsuit that would involve the Legislature redrawing 11 state House districts, which the court would then have to approve for the …
With parts of the federal government still shuttered since Dec. 22, will Michigan's now-$1.1 billion Rainy Day Fund come into play at some point?
Arguing the court has "found significant evidence of partisan gerrymandering," Secretary of State (SOS) Jocelyn Benson filed a brief in the League of Women Voters of Michigan (LWV) redistricting lawsuit that opens the door to …
A drug dealer would have to be convicted before police could keep, through civil asset forfeiture, money or property seized as proceeds of the crime, under legislation introduced Wednesday, the first two bills of the …
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is starting off with $264.7 million more in state revenues than previously expected this fiscal year and $225 million more than previously estimated in state revenue for her first budget for Fiscal …
Among the 126 bills Gov. Rick SNYDER signed the Friday before he left office was HB 4991, which locks $69 million in income tax revenue that would have gone to schools to environmental cleanup and …
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked the state to adopt policies to increase the contracts the state awards to "geographically disadvantaged businesses" so as to expand business opportunities in "low-income communities and underutilized business areas."
Gov. Rick Snyder Friday signed into law changes to the minimum wage and paid sick leave initiatives favored by the GOP Legislature and the business community.
Signatures for ballot proposals would be capped for each congressional district at 15 percent of the total number of signatures submitted -- and anything beyond that would be thrown out -- under legislation that leapt …
The minimum wage would go to $12.05, not $12, by 2030, and tipped workers would be paid 38 percent of the regular minimum wage, under amended minimum wage and paid sick leave bills that cleared …
The full Senate voted Thursday to create a new six-member, bipartisan campaign finance regulation commission, removing those enforcement powers from the Secretary of State (SOS).
Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law changes to the minimum wage and paid sick leave initiatives last Friday. With the original legislation being extremely burdensome to Michigan’s business community, a coalition of Michigan job providers including …
The Senate's changes to the minimum wage initiative not only keeps the tip credit system around, but unchains any future increases after 2030 from inflationary increases, meaning the minimum wage would stay frozen at $12 …