The Unemployment Insurance Agency failed to conduct proper background checks as it rushed to hire workers to handle a record number of claims — and taxpayers paid the price, according to an audit.
The renewed ethics push would ban junkets and relatives on payroll and comes on the heels of allegations that the former House speaker misused political funds and traveled frequently.
Republicans seek to give poll watchers breaks, require the Secretary of State to be more vigilant about removing inactive voters from the rolls. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s veto pen is ready.
Michigan attorney general charges Ohio woman for allegedly sending racist threats to Black state Reps. Cynthia Johnson, D-Detroit, and Sarah Anthony, D-Lansing.
A coalition of education advocacy groups is fighting Let MI Kids Learn, a ballot initiative backed by the former U.S. Secretary of Education that would establish a voucher-like program for private education.
Republicans muster the votes — but not a super-majority — to freeze Michigan’s gas tax for six months. Now, momentum is coalescing instead on suspending the 6 percent sales tax on gas.
The millionaire admits an ad claiming he saved Michigan’s most important industry goes too far. Experts say the assertion is typical of the gubernatorial candidate whose businesses have pushed the envelope.
The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association has begun the transfer of $3 billion in surplus funds, with the money being distributed to insured Michigan drivers. The state also offered tips to avoid being scammed out of the money.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer maintains that she wants to negotiate targeted tax relief with the Republican-led Legislature. But she appears poised to veto a Republican-backed gas tax holiday that was not part of negotiations.
The attorney general’s ad claims ‘you might have to cross state lines to legally have safe sex’ if her opponents win. None have suggested any such thing, but they have criticized a Supreme Court ruling.
Michigan House Republicans approved a series of proposals Thursday that would tighten voting rules and restrict ballot access. A veto from Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer may be next.
Republicans want to suspend the state’s 27-cent-per-gallon gas tax for six months, a relief for drivers but that would cost the state $770 million. Some Democrats want to halt the 6-percent sales tax on gasoline instead.
As a trial that has been beset with problems begins in Grand Rapids, a childhood friend of one of the defendants tries to reconcile the allegations with the man he thought he knew.
Trump talked mostly about himself at the Palm Beach fundraiser, insisting he “won Michigan by so much” in 2020. But Trump’s endorsement is critical to DePerno’s primary challenge in the race for attorney general.
The state joins others in signaling it intends to pull pension investments over the Ukraine invasion. Some caveats and hurdles remain before that actually happens.
Michigan security, refugee and cultural groups are organizing safe routes, medical supplies, and providing Ukrainian support as conflict with Russia escalates.
The Michigan GOP demanded on Tuesday that Regan apologize for using a rape analogy. Hours later, videos and posts of him emerged that advocated violence against Dr. Anthony Fauci and the QAnon conspiracy theory.
A constitutional amendment creating the citizen panel in 2018 didn’t specify when its work would end. Now, members are not only still convening, but giving themselves pay raises.