Two new Democrats have filed campaign finance committees to run in the 35th Senate district, which remains without a special election date more than 200 days after the office's prior holder, now-U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet …
The Legislature is well on its way to sending the fewest number of bills to the Governor in a regular session since the founding of the state in 1837, but Speaker Hall seems unfazed by …
Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) supports having all state tax money collected at the gas pumps go to road improvements, her spokesperson said.
Republicans and Democrats on the Board of State Canvassers deadlocked Thursday over a 100-word summary for the “Tax The Rich” constitutional amendment proposal.
Campaign finance reports released Friday showed all three Democratic gubernatorial candidates leaning heavily on ActBlue and out-of-state small-dollar contributions to get them where they are this cycle.
House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) removed House Appropriations Committee Minority Vice Chair Alabas Farhat (D-Dearborn) from his leadership position for not joining Republicans in supporting a bill that would reinstate a life-without-parole option for …
If the question is “Who had the best fundraising numbers among Michigan's 2026 U.S. Senate candidates during this second quarter?” The answer isn't clear-cut.
Voter identification, ranked-choice voting, taxing the rich to pay for schools, chopping local property taxes, a referendum on tipped wages, and how renewable energy projects are sited are possible petitions that could be seen across …
Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton) called for a federal investigation into what he called “the growing scandal involving the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.”
The 100-word summary for a state constitutional amendment to increase taxes on the rich to pay for schools, which was approved by the Board of State Canvassers, was pulled by the board Thursday because of …
(FARMINGTON HILLS) – A judge on Tuesday agreed with the Attorney General's use of a taint team to review documents seized...
As the sun set on the July 1 statutory deadline, no budget bills passed the Legislature and...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) and Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) jumped into a closed-door meeting in the Governor's Capitol ceremonial office for about an hour Thursday as the prospects of reaching a deal …
The Board of Canvassers approved a 100-word summary that identified a petition to fund schools with a 5 percent tax increase for the rich but failed to approve the form because of time.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) and Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) talked with each other Wednesday in pairs as the leaders started laying the groundwork for a compromise on the K-12 portion of the …
The Attorney General’s office executed search warrants Wednesday on the downtown Lansing headquarters of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation in what is presumably related to state grants managed by the quasi-governmental entity.
One Fair Wage is trying again to get tipped workers to earn at least the state's minimum wage – not a smaller “sub-minimum” wage that takes into account the tips they receive – based on …
Michigan public schools would receive a record $12,000 per student, funded in large part by the elimination of roughly 100 specific earmarks, under a Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 House Republican education budget that moved through …