The House and Senate Appropriations Committee s on Wednesday moved eight budgets each to their respective chamber floors.
Legislation that would make kindergarten mandatory for 5-year-olds passed the Senate Tuesday largely along party lines following floor debate on the necessity of the proposal.
A Republican senator is asking the head of the Office of Retirement Services to make public information on the timing and process it underwent to separate two areas of unfunded liability for the state's public school employee retirement system.
Half of the funds designated for the Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve program would be directed toward local community needs rather than large job spurring projects under an overhaul that cleared the Senate on Tuesday.
A bill package intended to authorize contractual surrogacy relationships cleared its final major hurdle in the Senate following debate over the intent of the proposal and votes largely along party lines Tuesday.
Senators passed legislation Thursday that would cap payday lending interest rates at 36 percent following debate over effects the change could have on the state's short-term loan market.
The head of the Office of Retirement Services was questioned Tuesday as to how Governor Gretchen Whitmer's administration has interpreted statute that it can reduce its yearly contribution to Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System for the upcoming 2024-25 fiscal year.
The latest attempt to kill daylight saving time is unlikely to see light of day after being sent to committee to die, but it did receive bipartisan voiced support on the Senate floor Thursday.
Senators questioned the head of the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential over a key area of focus of the department, child care, as well as over its constitutional authority to conduct the education operations for the state.
Sen. Thomas Albert asked Wednesday whether the governor's proposal for funding two years of community college for future high school graduates will hurt enrollment at four-year universities.