The proposed Senate budget for the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy keeps open the possibility of an increase in tipping fees but also doesn't fully bake it into the spending plan, a subcommittee chair said Thursday.
A series of bills out of both chambers of the Legislature to prohibit housing discrimination based on a person's source of income was hotly debated by a House panel on Wednesday.
A new report from the Citizens Research Council of Michigan suggests that one of the most critical options lawmakers could take to address the state's primary care shortage is expanding the scope of practice for nurse practitioners, an issue currently before the Legislature.
Senate Democrats said Tuesday's passage of sweeping changes to state economic development incentive policy was months in the making and necessary to attract an educated workforce and families.
A bill that would modify eligibility requirements for medically frail inmates to obtain parole drew favorable testimony Thursday before a Senate panel, which was told it would enable more terminally ill individuals to be moved to facilities to obtain end-of-life care.
Medical professionals from around the state gathered in a Senate committee to testify on both sides of controversial legislation that could allow nurse practitioners to operate independently of physicians.
Rep. Andrew Beeler is the seventh member of the House to announce he will not seek reelection this year.
Rep. Felicia Brabec announced Monday she will not run for a third term in the House, and instead will focus on running for the state Senate in the 2026 election cycle.
When Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed off on expansive recycling reforms in December 2022, she also approved a last-minute amendment allowing chemical recycling – a process decried by many environmentalists – to be classified as a legal manufacturing process.
Senators voted Tuesday on bipartisan legislation that would create a requirement for early screening and intervention for dyslexia, a move supporters said is critical in helping improve literacy across the state.