Senators voted Tuesday in favor of allowing traffic enforcement cameras to be placed in construction zones to enforce speed limits.
Legislation that would establish a sales and use tax exemption for enterprise data centers and set a sunset on the breaks would help Michigan become a more attractive location for companies to locate large data centers, a Senate panel was told Wednesday.
Legislation to add flexibility for renaissance zones cleared the Senate in a bipartisan vote Thursday, moving the bill closer to the governor's desk.
Two-thirds of the Michigan Senate Republican caucus earlier this month endorsed former President Donald Trump in his bid for returning to the White House.
Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II was met with praise as he signed 19 bills Tuesday overhauling the state's juvenile justice system based on recommendations from a bipartisan task force.
The latest round of controversy and infighting among members of an elected university board has resurrected a familiar debate: whether the frequent board-level issues warrant consideration of a constitutional change of the elected boards to becoming gubernatorial appointees.
Nine bills in the Legislature's effort to reform the juvenile justice system based on recommendations from the Juvenile Justice Task Force passed the Senate on Thursday.
Bills requiring state agencies to provide options for equal language access to immigrants and residents with limited English proficiency passed in the Senate on Thursday.
A 20-bill package was reported Thursday by a Senate panel that would codify several recommendations from the governor's Juvenile Justice Task Force.
Senators were told Thursday that legislation to expand the Office of Children's Ombudsman and eliminate discretionary juvenile court fines and fees would better protect the state's youth and keep families of juvenile offenders out of significant debt.