Rep Beau LaFave is the second Republican to announce his candidacy in race that could become a litmus test for loyalty for former President Donald Trump.
The Democratic governor says the bills were ‘designed to undermine confidence in our election system.’ One sponsor calls her vetoes a ‘slap in the face.’
Current districts drawn by a bipartisan citizen group would allow Republicans to receive fewer total statewide votes than Democrats, but still keep hold of power in Lansing.
A state budget praised by both sides is causing widespread confusion and angst because of provisions that threatened funding for agencies that impose school mask mandates.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson wants to codify absentee signature matching requirements for election clerks, but Republicans claim the rule would make it ‘nearly impossible’ to invalidate a forgery.
After months of railing against the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, House Republicans on Tuesday proposed a six-part plan to reform the system and “fix customer service.”
Should the national popular vote decide the winner of future presidential elections? Michigan voters could get the chance to weigh in. Former heads of the Michigan GOP and Democratic parties are backing a potential 2022 ballot initiative for the state to join The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
Tom Leonard, a former House speaker, is squaring off against state Rep. Ryan Berman and Matt DePerno, an attorney endorsed by the former president who is challenging Michigan’s 2020 election results.
Reducing the costs of child care is a rare point of bipartisan agreement, and many daycares are on the brink of bankruptcy. The deal also gives big boosts to colleges, cities and environmental cleanups.
About 60 percent of Michigan’s public school students are required to wear face coverings to curb COVID. Though the rest are encouraged to wear masks, most students in these schools don’t, district leaders and parents say.
Proposed maps by a citizen group redrawing political boundaries would pit several incumbents against each other and eliminate one of two majority-minority districts.
Maps were supposed to be completed by Friday by Michigan’s new independent citizen redistricting commission. Supporters say Census delays made that impossible, but critics contend the panel is rife with dysfunction.