Wednesday night, Michigan learned about “Bethany from Lambertville," whose husband was fined for working on someone's house with his Ohio license. Apparently, the couple just moved to Michigan, and he hadn't gotten his Michigan license …
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation before noon Friday preserving a special tipped minimum wage and revamping the state's new paid sick leave policy, marking the end of this chapter of policies originally pushed by progressive …
(DETROIT) – Democrats waited in line for as long as two hours to attend their state convention Saturday, where former state Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. won an uncontested race for chair. But throughout the congested …
The Senate passed a bill that will gradually bring the tipped wage for waitstaff and other service industry workers up to 50 percent of the minimum wage beginning in 2031, about six years from now.
House Finance Committee Chair Mark Tisdel (R-Rochester) said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) will have to do "an awful lot of explaining on what the upside is" for raising the …
Budget Director Jen Flood rolled out Wednesday an $83.5 billion budget proposal for next year that spends nearly all the $770.4 million projected to be left over with this year's budget and the $910.2 million in extra …
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed a $3 billion long-term road funding plan Monday that would allocate all taxes paid at the pump toward roads, imposes $1.6 billion in new, unspecified taxes on large corporations, $500 million in government …
The dust is settling after U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Oakland County) announced he’ll not be seeking reelection in 2026 after two Senate terms, instead content to “pass the torch” to a new generation of leaders.
Four hour-long press conferences and nearly the entire month of January later, House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) unveiled Thursday his final slate of committee assignments with partisan margins nearly identical to the majority/minority split last term.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has officially announced she's running for governor, dropping a campaign video Wednesday morning touting her resume of investigating radical extremist groups, teaching civil rights and voting rights law and supporting government transparency.
The first two introduced bills this term became the first two bills to pass the House Thursday, HB 4001 and HB 4002, which keep the tipped wage credit in place, adjust the minimum wage increase …
New House Appropriations Committee Chair Ann Bollin (R-Brighton) and Majority Vice Chair Matt Maddock (R-Milford) are in Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township)’s lineup to “stand up to Sarah Anthony,” Hall said Tuesday during his announcement.
House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) updated his road funding proposal Thursday morning, still without raising revenue, but this time using $3.1 billion instead of $2.7 billion.
Among their earliest bills introduced this year, Senate Democrats are resurrecting the proposal penalizing businesses for improperly treating an employee as an "independent contractor," setting up fines and charges for not paying wages and benefits.
One full committee room, two overflow rooms and 50 requests to testify set the scene for the first meeting of the House Select Committee on Protecting Employees and Small Businesses, which took testimony on HB 4001 and HB …
Beginning this year, Michigan's Senate and House will be led by opposite parties for the first time in around 15 years. In the next era of divided government, what legislative ideas will survive, and what …
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan became a hot topic during a Saturday forum of Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) chair candidates. Specifically, candidate Curtis Hertel Jr. said Democrats "have to be willing to punch him in the …
The Senate’s 29-hour long session saw more than 90 bills passed through third reading and ended with the announcement that the chamber will adjourn sine die on Monday, Dec. 30.