One of the lightest legislative years in memory roared to life Wednesday and then on toward dawn Thursday as the Democratic majority in the Legislature blasted the 2024-25 fiscal year budget through to passage just eight hours after it began to publicly leak and approved an avalanche of major bills.
A K-12 school aid budget unlike any other received final passage just before 5 a.m. Thursday as Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Democratic legislative leaders prevailed over a coalition of dismayed groups – traditionally Democratic allies – representing traditional public schools.
Senate Democrats pushed through a vehicle bill Thursday in line with the governor's proposal for diverting money from the state's contribution to the other post-employment benefits portion of the teacher retirement fund as negotiations on an education budget continue.
Following the mass shooting that took place in Rochester Hills on Saturday, lawmakers and elected officials are reacting as the Metro Detroit Community is reeling.
MACKINAC ISLAND – During the final panel of the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference, legislative leadership gathered to discuss the state of politics in Michigan.
The Senate majority's leader's office rejected a proposed mailer from Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt for using the term "illegal immigrants," he said Wednesday, calling it censorship from the Democratic majority.
The Department of State Police on Friday said it completed its investigation into the April 27 death of Samuel Sterling who was killed after being hit by an unmarked state police car, and is turning over its report and all complied evidence to the Department of Attorney General.
Legislation to create an oversight board on prescription drug affordability quickly moved through the Senate last October, but the House has sat on it ever since, leaving it unclear if the legislation is still a priority to the Democrats.
Senate Democrats outraised their Republican counterparts during the opening months of the year while and are essentially even with the GOP in cash on hand, campaign finance reports for their respective caucuses filed Thursday revealed.
State transparency laws need to be reviewed and improved upon but in a way that enables them to have teeth, Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks said this week.