Michigan Government

Michigan’s new 'transparency' portal is providing the public with less information about campaign finances and lobbying than the version it replaced. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is vowing improvements.

Michigan Senate Republicans disclose their own earmark requests after House lawmakers ask for more than $3B for pet projects in their districts.

The Michigan Supreme Court has a new justice, new leadership and a 6-1 liberal majority after former Chief Justice Clement’s departure. Their docket is heavy on criminal justice in coming months

Christopher Schurr testified in his own defense at his second-degree murder trial for the 2022 killing of Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant.

Legislators are jockeying to spend big in their districts, filing 800 requests to spend millions on everything from teachers and museums to youth programs, agriculture and bridges.

The House is likely to vote again another day. If approved, voters in 2026 would decide whether they want future voters to have to show proof of citizenship when they register.

The Justice Department is suing four states over climate action. The DOJ says plans by Michigan and Hawaii to take legal action over climate harm would infringe on the federal government’s authority.

The Michigan House GOP advances legislation that’s likely dead in a Democratic-led state Senate. Why the House speaker says that’s not a problem.

President Donald Trump returned to Michigan Tuesday, rallying to mark his first 100 days in his second term. What was true and what wasn’t.

Watch President Donald Trump’s remarks in Macomb County.

Ahead of a campaign event in Warren, President Donald Trump says he’s putting ‘to rest any doubts about Selfridge,’ announcing 21 F-15EX jets to replace retiring planes. He hugged his longtime antagonist, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who greeted him on the tarmac.

The cuts to the program will impact literacy tutors, homeless assistance and the Special Olympics as a result of efforts to slash the federal budget.

Emergency departments across the state saw a fivefold increase in nitrous oxide-related poisonings and deaths between 2019 and 2023. In 2024, Michigan banned the sale of devices used to release nitrous oxide from cartridges into balloons for inhalation.

Michigan’s Democratic Senate wants $21.8 billion for public schools to help reduce class sizes, pay teachers more.

Michigan has 79,000 federal workers. Some placed on administrative leave have a message for Washington: If you’re paying us, let us work.

Michigan is a tossup state for a reason. New precinct-level data from the 2024 election shows that, while voting preferences in many areas are entrenched, there are pockets of political disagreement.

President Donald Trump is rallying in Warren on Tuesday to mark his first 100 days of his second term. He’s made bold promises to Michigan, including an economic ‘miracle.’ What he has and hasn’t delivered.

Opening statements in the trial began Monday in downtown Grand Rapids, and the trial is expected to last at least a week.

In a voicemail, the former mayor says Donald Trump promised a pardon during his first year in office and asks a lawmaker to put in a good word on his behalf. Now, Kilpatrick says there is no ‘quid pro quo.