What Would Make This A Successful Session For Hall?
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 …
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August 12, 2025
August 5, 2025
Brinks Supports Tax Money Collected at the Pump Going to Roads; Schools Growing More Anxious
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.
August 5, 2025
Invest In MI Kids Moves Forward After Canvassers Deadlock On New 100-Word Summary
Republicans and Democrats on the Board of State Canvassers deadlocked Thursday over a 100-word summary for the “Tax The Rich” constitutional amendment proposal.
July 29, 2025
Dem Candidates Lean On ActBlue; Duggan Nets Big Dollars In State
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.
July 29, 2025
Farhat Removed As Approps MVC
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 …
July 21, 2025
Who Had Best U.S. Senate 2Q Fundraising Numbers?
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.
July 21, 2025
Ballot Proposal Issue Count Stands At 6 This Summer
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 …
July 14, 2025
Nesbitt Demands Federal Investigation Into MEDC Grant Tied To Whitmer Associate
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.”
July 14, 2025
Canvassers Rescind Invest In MI Kids 100-Word Summary
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 …
July 8, 2025
AG Given OK to Proceed with Taint Team to Review MEDC Docs
(FARMINGTON HILLS) – A judge on Tuesday agreed with the Attorney General's use of a taint team to review documents seized...
July 8, 2025
Legislature Fails to Pass K-12 Budget by Statutory Deadline
As the sun set on the July 1 statutory deadline, no budget bills passed the Legislature and...
July 1, 2025
Big 3 Meet But No White Smoke On K-12 Budget
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 …
July 1, 2025
Tax Increase For Rich Petition Fight Ends In Draw At Canvassers
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.
June 24, 2025
Whitmer, Hall, Brinks Hold Round Robin Budget Talks; More Budget News
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 …
June 24, 2025
AG Raids MEDC Offices
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.
June 17, 2025
One Fair Wage Trying Again To Bring Tipped Workers To Minimum Wage
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 …
June 17, 2025
K-12, Dept. of Ed, MiLEAP Budgets Clear House
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 …
June 10, 2025
Camilleri Pushes For New Fines, Fees & Caps For Hazardous Waste Facilities In MI
When it comes to dropping hazardous waste in one of Michigan's landfills, Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) wants fees increased from $10 per ton to $25 beginning in 2026, as well as from 0.5 cents per …
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