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The Board of Canvassers signs off on a ballot language to ask whether Michigan should join the national movement to end the Electoral College. Critics say it would weaken Michigan’s clout.
Michigan’s new political boundaries are being drawn in a more transparent fashion than in the past, but there are still questions being raised about documents hidden from the public.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs a law to allow Michigan drivers to register their vehicle every two years — instead of annually — by paying the full cost up front.
State Rep. Matt Maddock, who aided Trump efforts to try and overturn Michigan’s 2020 election, is touting the former president’s support as he seeks to become the next leader of the House Republican caucus.
House Republicans and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are both out with plans to spend federal stimulus funds on policing initiatives. But they aren’t actually negotiating those plans yet, as nearly $6.5 billion sits in the bank.
COVID-19 policies have already hurt Michigan businesses, and "the federal government getting further into their underwear is unnecessary, unwarranted, unproductive and indefensible," Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, said Wednesday.
The state’s non-partisan citizens redistricting panel is less than two months from approving final new legislative boundaries that could alter the political makeup in Lansing and DC. They have proposed 15 maps, most of which could give Democrats an edge.
The once-in-a-generation legislation promises to bring more than $10 billion in public works aid to Michigan, a state in dire need of upgrades to roads, dams and bridges, drinking water systems and other protections against climate change.
The veto sets the stage for a petition drive Republicans hope to use to circumvent the Democratic governor’s objections to an effort critics say would drain money from public schools and violate the state’s constitution.
Despite Qanon conspiracy theories, a state takeover and a missing tabulator that prompted a police raid, hundreds of Adams Township voters still hit the polls Tuesday. The 2020 election may have been rigged, but not here, they said.
Bridge Michigan calculations estimate the refunds could range from $80 a driver to $700. That state catastrophic claims association did not offer immediate details on the size or timing of the rebate.
Male, Female or X? Next week, Michigan residents will be able to eschew traditional male or female designations on their driver license or ID by instead choosing an “X” to reflect a nonbinary identity.
Republicans have controlled the chamber since the early 1980s. The new districts lean Democratic 20-18. Now begins a 45-day public comment period before final approval.
The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association is flush with a $5 billion surplus. State law would call for refunds beginning in 2022, but Whitmer wants them now.
The search warrant comes after a voting tabulator went missing and a clerk who expressed support for QAnon was stripped of her authority to run next week’s election.
The fight has just begun as Republicans circulate a petition for identical legislation to tighten Michigan’s voter identification law, limit absentee ballot application mailings and bar private grants for election administration.