Michigan Government

The first-term attorney general says there was enough evidence to prosecute GOP officials including state party co-chair Meshawn Maddock for submitting a false certificate claiming Trump carried the state in 2020.

The state offers a rosy forecast, despite the pandemic. But warning signs approach, including inflation.

Agency will add body cameras, other training. Study finds Black drivers three times as likely to be searched. Disparity in stops is the worst in Thumb.

House leadership Saturday ordered lawmakers and staff to preserve records on the former speaker, who faces sexual assault allegations. The order was spurred by allegations in a Bridge Michigan article Friday, which includes lengthy interviews with his accuser.

Fearing a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, a coalition wants to amend the constitution and nullify a 1931 law that could go into effect and make performing an abortion a felony.

Thirteen lawmakers agreed to five-year non-disclosure agreements about a $1 billion development fund, a decision that critics say flies in the face of open government.

Whitmer has shattered fundraising records by using a 1984 ruling that exempts candidates facing recall from limiting individual contributions.

The redrawn redistricting maps give Democrats the first chance in a generation to flip the Michigan Legislature. But Black leaders say it could happen at the expense of electing Black candidates.

The commission contended Blacks will get more political power by being spread out in multiple districts. Lawmakers disagree.

How two troubled young men tried to start a separatist compound — and what it says about the white-power movement in Michigan.

Redistricting panel completes process that began in 2018 with constitutional amendment. But lawsuits over minority representation are likely.

Michigan’s two majority-Black congressional districts are eliminated. Eight of 14 incumbents would have to face off against each other or run in different districts.

The state’s first-ever redistricting commission is about to adopt legislative maps for the next 10 years. But will they stand up in court?

Republicans are using Michigan’s unique law in an attempt to tighten voter ID laws, limit emergency health orders and create a new tax credit program to fund private school education.

Steeling for omicron, the Michigan governor says she supports a federal mandate while defending her ongoing resistance to state mandates.

The Bureau of Elections dismisses two campaign finance complaints against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from conservative groups.

Trump loyalists on Tuesday filed language for a planned petition drive that would require a ‘forensic audit’ of the 2020 election. Critics blast it as the height of hypocrisy.

Read the seven memos Bridge Michigan and other news outlets sued to make public. Most materials discuss the Voting Rights Act and drawing of majority-minority districts.

Bridge Michigan was among several media organizations that sued the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission for its failure to make public a private hearing and refusing to release secret legal memos related to its work.

In a year-end interview, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel vows to protect the vaccine mandate and abortion rights and blasts Enbridge over Line 5.