Six months after Congress certified the 2020 election, pro-Trump officials in the Michigan Republican Party want the state Legislature to order an audit.
Michigan communities got millions for elections last year from a nonprofit connected to Facebook’s founder. Is the money long overdue or a dangerous precedent?
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s economic plan would also direct money to help parents offset childcare expenses and enable businesses to cover operational costs. She must negotiate the plan with a GOP-majority legislature.
The state stands by its total of nursing home deaths, but acknowledges some other types of senior facilities haven’t reported all deaths. ‘We shouldn’t be guessing,’ one lawmaker says.
Republicans in the Senate pass a bill to require the governor to inform legislative leaders when she leaves Michigan. That’s a security risk, state police say.
Supporters say you need an ID to buy beer so you should need one to vote. Foes say eliminating an option allowing voters without ID to still cast ballots amounts to an illegal fee. The courts may decide.
The state’s bars and restaurants will be allowed to stay open later and serve more customers regardless of size. The relaxed rules come as Michigan also surpasses 60 percent of residents getting their first vaccine dose.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s nursing home policies have been under scrutiny for months. Now, a review shows more may have died in the facilities than initially known.
Michigan missed a deadline to spend $3.7 billion in federal aid, and lawmakers have spent days debating whether schools should teach critical race theory or allow transgender athletes from competing.
Michigan has two vacancies for the federal courts, and activists say Hispanics have been shut out of judgeships by a confidential group used to vet candidates by Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters.
Benson’s legislative testimony Tuesday followed criticism from Republicans and from some members of the public who waited months to get an advanced in-person appointment at SOS branch offices.
With the FAA probing the legality of a nonprofit payment for Whitmer’s March flight to Florida, the governor’s campaign announced Thursday that it will pay for the flight instead. It also revealed the governor’s daughters flew on the return flight.
Republicans drop plans to require residents to mail a photocopy of their ID to apply for an absentee ballot. But they’d still have to give up some personal information to qualify.
Candidates for governor, Congress and other state offices in Michigan were in D.C. — both inside the Capitol and out — on Jan. 6, showing how far the Republican Party has changed.
Michigan hasn’t passed any significant reforms, but now a bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to set standards for deadly force, create a system for independent investigations of shootings by officers and limit no-knock warrants.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer contends the state cannot create a vaccine lottery. Ohio and other states are rolling the dice on such incentives, ranging from cash to cars to college educations.
Austin Chenge, who wants to cancel the state contract with Dominion Voting Systems along with Black History Month, may not be eligible to run for governor of Michigan.
The governor’s weekend visit to an East Lansing bar is the second incident in five weeks that critics say fly in the face of policies meant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Michigan.