The Michigan Manufacturers Association endorsed all but five House Republicans seeking reelection, 11 Democratic incumbents and a smattering of Republicans challenging Democrats in competitive seats.
A 10-bill package aimed at improving care for mothers and newborns in Michigan passed the House on Wednesday with bipartisan support.
The most conservative members of the House are facing primary challengers in August who claim their current lawmakers aren't getting anything done for their respective communities, but the incumbents say they're being targeted for refusing to stick to the status quo.
The first bills of the highly anticipated school safety package received a hearing in the House on Tuesday.
Michigan Republican Party delegates have two national committee races, along with the presidential primary, during the upcoming March convention.
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.
The most conservative caucus within the House Republicans has seen a parting of ways, but the separation has less to do with principles than with strategy.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Elections Director Jonathan Brater on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed last year by a group of Republicans challenging the legality of the recent constitutional amendments passed by voters making sweeping changes to state voting laws.
Democrats took control of state government for the first time in decades in January with Governor Gretchen Whitmer winning reelection and the party taking both the House and Senate.
Despite a Republican push for maintaining strict government oversight of barbershops, the House voted to pass legislation that would ease inspections on barbershops and barber colleges.