Michigan Government

A host of new laws are coming to Michigan in 2025, from cage-free eggs to expanded unemployment benefits, along with wage and sick leave rules that lawmakers are still debating whether to change.

Michigan lawmakers are again promising transparency. Skeptics say it may take a ballot proposal to get it done.

More than 1 in 5 Michigan voters cast their ballots early and in-person in November. State data shows the new option was especially popular with older voters, but they weren't alone.

Michigan has a new Legislature, but some things remain the same, including underrepresentation for women, minority groups and young adults.

Donald Trump made dozens of specific promises to Michigan during campaign stops last year. Some changes, he said, will happen "immediately."

Trump made dozens of promises during 21 campaign stops in Michigan, from lowering taxes to bringing back all auto jobs. We’ve chronicled them all and gauged what it would take to accomplish his goals.

Money from undisclosed sources and the ultrawealthy made up the largest chunks of Michigan political spending in 2024 elections.

A recent study found that automated license plate readers are useful tools but also have the potential for abuse.

The Department of Corrections will start using the TextBehind system in January. It requires those wishing to send mail to an inmate to register.

Restoration projects underway along the Great Lakes shoreline range from the Mackinac Island City Hall to a century-old theater in Alpena,

Saginaw is the only Michigan county to vote for every presidential winner since 2008, including Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden — and Trump again. Local experts explain why.

Michigan drivers will soon be subject to automatic traffic enforcement near construction zones and at school bus stops. Here’s what to know about the new law, designed to deter rulebreakers.

While House lawmakers calling it quits for the year, the Senate worked through the night in a record 29-hour meeting. Here’s what’s headed to the governor.

Michigan is one of only two states in the nation that fully exempts its governor and Legislature from public records requests. That won’t change after majority Democrats fail to finalize a plan by the end of the two-year session.

The clock is ticking on Michigan’s Lame-duck Legislature. Here’s the latest.

Government transparency, gun reforms, polluter pay proposals among more than 250 bills that died as the Michigan House abruptly adjourned for the year, ending Democratic control of the lower chamber.

Michigan's population rose 0.6% as more than 67,600 migrants moved to the state from July 2023 to July 2024. Also, losses to other states shrunk and the birth-death gap narrowed.

Michigan Senators Wednesday approved nearly $250 million in project incentives but left out money for a UP mine in the process.

Michigan awards its 15 Electoral College votes to President-elect Donald Trump — with fanfare and without incident.

After GOP walkout, Michigan House Democrats pass slew of bills to regulate book bans, simplify gender changes on state IDs and more – before a Democratic departure forces an abrupt adjournment.