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Conservatives say they’re trying to curb fraud with effort to make absentee voting harder. Others say it would be “the biggest infringement on voter rights to ever be put into public policy in this state.”
As coronavirus cases surge in Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is moving to mandate student athlete testing while expanding capacity at Comerica Park. That has some worried.
The Michigan House on Thursday unanimously approved legislation that would open the governor’s office and Legislature up to public records requests, advancing a ‘sunshine week’ package that has repeatedly died in the Senate.
Michigan Technological University has had a series of controversies over institutional racism. Now, a racist hate group has turned its sights on the predominantly white school, amid a surge in hate crimes statewide.
Asian-American Michiganders said a recent surge in cases of racism nationally reflects their experiences here. Two legislators are calling attention to concerns anti-Asian discrimination in Michigan is undercounted.
In a letter to the House Oversight Committee Thursday, Robert Gordon didn’t detail the reasons for his abrupt departure in January but alluded to “robust conversations about policy issues where reasonable people could disagree and did.
A bipartisan package is advancing to partially open the records of the governor and lawmakers. But critics say it is watered down with exemptions and allows officials to destroy records before they become public.
Governments are receiving a windfall unseen in decades, $5.9 billion to state coffers and $4.4 billion to cities, towns and counties. As communities eye neglected infrastructure and other needs, use this database to see how much is coming to Michigan communities.
Facing criticism over a $155,000 payout to her former health director and other severances, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issues an executive order saying the deals can continue but must be based on a “reasonable” belief they’ll save taxpayers money.
Michigan is among 20 states mulling bills that would bar transgender athletes from competing on girls’ school teams. Critics call the measures a “disgusting” attack.
Bipartisan legislation advanced Wednesday to allow expungement after three years, but it faces opposition from sheriffs, prosecutors and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers.
Some $1 billion in federal funding remains unspent, as Whitmer vetoes funding for small firms as well as Republicans’ efforts to weaken her pandemic powers.
In stunning testimony, a militia member-turned-informant says the only thing keeping militia members from storming the Michigan Capitol last year is their realization they could just walk in with their guns.
Open records reform has the votes. It has momentum following an outcry over Gov. Whitmer’s secret payments to top aides. But the Senate majority leader has blocked similar legislation before.
The Legislature advances a coronavirus plan after weeks of hyperbole and outright misinformation about how it would impact everyday Michiganders. We separate truth from exaggeration.
The Democratic governor ran for office to ‘make state government more open, transparent and accountable.’ She’s now in a firestorm over deals that paid $241,000 to two former top aides to keep quiet.
In the weeks since the former president left office, Republicans have squabbled with themselves, floated forming a separate party and censuring those who favored to impeach.
Two other severance deals come to light, as Whitmer defends her decision to pay her former health director, Robert Gordon, nine months' salary in exchange for his silence. Ethics experts say the deal 'looks like something is funny is going on,' and Republicans plan hearings.