Circle June 1 on your calendar if you are interested in the battle over repealing the state's controversial Prevailing Wage law. That's the deadline set by Chris FISHER at the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) …
Detroit Public Schools (DPS) would still get the $72 million a year Gov. Rick Snyder is calling for to stabilize the indebted district, but Detroit voters wouldn't see total control of the district through an …
The state's chronically understaffed Grand Rapids Home for Veterans is not properly investigating abuse cases, keeping track of $5.2 million in drugs or checking on residents when they fall, according to a highly critical audit …
Gov. Rick SNYDER today outlined the specifics of a budget plan that would raise the state's total commitment to the city of Flint to $232 million over the next two fiscal years.
You wouldn't know it by the protestors chanting outside the House Appropriations Committee room, but the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget Gov. Rick SNYDER presented this morning to lawmakers inside the room may be his …
Courtesy of MIRS News Service A federal court judge Friday afternoon granted local governmental officials’ request for a preliminary injunction on the portion of PA 269 that is known by […]
Flint resident Lee-Ann WALTERS' voice shook only a little as she spoke to a congressional committee room about the type of water that's flowed through her faucets for months.
Unable to tap into money from the business community because of "infighting" in the gay community, the head of gay rights petition drive Fair Michigan has pulled the plug.
Attorney General Bill SCHUETTE said Monday he's looking into getting Flint residents out of paying their water bills as the city's water supply continues to be considered unsafe to drink.
A contrite Gov. Rick SNYDER, his voice cracking at times over the dull roar of protestors outside the Capitol, pledged to fix Flint's lead-tainted water supply and to "not let you down again."
When he wasn't talking about Flint or Detroit Public Schools in his State of the State address tonight, Gov. Rick SNYDER was creating commissions.
Local governments and school districts could mail out copies of the 100-word ballot language that will appear before voters 60 days prior to a local election, but outside of giving the date of the election …
Initial versions of long-awaited bills addressing the dire financial straits of Detroit Public Schools (DPS) were rolled out in the Senate today, outlining a plan to separate the district into old and new while creating …
Plenty of high-profiled issues were stuffed in the freezer at the close of the first half of the 98th Legislature, many without a firm timeline on their expiration date.
The union-supported group that pushed to raise the corporate income tax (CIT) from 6 to 11 percent has disbanded, and is no longer pursuing its legislative initiative drive.
Gov. Rick SNYDER Tuesday declared a state of emergency for Genesee County due to the "ongoing health and safety issues caused by lead in the city of Flint's drinking water," his office announced.
Corporations with their own corporate political action committees (PAC) would no longer be allowed to administer the PACs of their employees' labor unions through their payroll system, under a hidden provision baked into the reworked …
Gov. Rick SNYDER's administration and the federal government have reached a deal on a crucial waiver that will keep the state's Medicaid expansion program in place. But the way the program will unfold is likely …