The Michigan House will remain at a 54-54 tie until replacements for two departing Democrats are seated in April 2024, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Wednesday.
Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had sought to go further in rewriting Michigan’s abortion laws, but scaled back the bills to win majority support. Advocates said the bill package’s signing still marks a significant step forward.
As the 2024 election nears, a movement is afoot to oust Michigan GOP Chair Kristina Karamo this month. Foes are recruiting potential successors, but others aren’t convinced the effort will work.
‘You just can't come in and take our weapons away without giving us a fighting chance to stand up for ourselves,’ Holton Township Supervisor Alan Jager says.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed three bills Monday that will ban convicted domestic abusers from owning firearms for eight years, including those convicted on misdemeanor charges.
Michigan’s Capitol is the first in the nation to deploy an artificial intelligence system to detect brandished or otherwise drawn guns, according to the ZeroEyes company that is leasing its technology to the state.
A ‘death with dignity’ bill package introduced in the Michigan Senate last week would allow people with less than six months to live to request a prescription for life-ending medication.
A private investigator who worked with Matthew DePerno and Stefanie Lambert helped prosecutors build the case against them, according to new revelations from the tabulator tampering probe now headed toward trial.
Indiana leads the Midwest in population growth. Michigan lags. What can we learn from the Hoosier state? That building cities and towns where young people want to live and raise families can bring the economy along with them.
Donald Trump can appear on Michigan’s presidential primary ballot, a state judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting lawsuits that sought to disqualify him because of an insurrection clause in the U.S. Constitution. Appeals are planned.
Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate says it’s not ‘feasible’ to fill vacant House seats by the end of February, meaning Democrats will need Republicans’ help to approve legislation well into next year.
The Legislature is expected to adjourn for the year on Tuesday, so 67+ bills will take effect 91 days later on Feb. 13, including changes to abortion rights, pension taxes and gun regulations.
The Democratic-controlled committee, which is supposed to meet weekly, hasn't met since June and has yet to take action on ethics bills this year. Republicans and ethics advocates are at a loss to explain why.
The Democratic-led Legislature is adjourning after fulfilling much, but not all of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s fall agenda. Lawmakers passed energy and abortion reform but fell short on sick leave and drug affordability.
Michigan lawmakers introduced a plan to subject the Legislature and governor to public records requests. Prior versions have stalled several times, but the new plan takes a different approach.
State regulators are ratcheting down the number of fish anglers can keep in some rivers, citing fears that the fish could be in trouble. State scientists disagree.
Attorneys for Donald Trump appeared in Michigan court on Thursday to fight twin lawsuits that seek to keep him off 2024 presidential ballots, citing an insurrection clause in the U.S. Constitution. The judge expects to rule “quickly.”