Republican Paul Junge reported Monday spending more than $1 million while still sitting on a significant sum in cash less than a month before the primary in the 8th U.S. House District, which is expected to be competitive and expensive heading into the fall.
Tim Sneller was a Capitol lifer, someone who spent almost 40 years on the staffs of at least nine different lawmakers, served six years as a state representative in his own right and was seeking a comeback this year.
Rep. Felicia Brabec and Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou will serve as the new campaign finance co-chairs for the Michigan House Democratic Fund.
A film production company said Monday it is producing a documentary about the changes to Michigan's no-fault auto insurance law that have outraged those catastrophically injured in traffic crashes.
With four months to go before the general election the House Democrats' campaign chair and finance chair have stepped down from their roles.
Lots of ideas were left on the cutting room floor during this year's budget process, but one item that was not included, despite appearing in both the House and Senate budget recommendations, was claw back language intended to address potential misuse of state grants.
Many House Democrats are fuming as fallout continues over the passage of the School Aid Fund budget, which contains no foundation allowance increase for K-12 public schools, and the failure to transmit to the Senate SB 911 , which would permanently lower the cap on teacher's retirement contributions.
Sources speaking on background said leadership has broken the trust of many members of the Democratic Caucus. Although the policy issues can be fixed, either with a budget supplemental or by getting SB 911 to the governor's desk, House Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) and his team will have to put in real work to restore the majority's faith in his leadership.
Education groups around the state are conflicted in the aftermath of the passage of the school aid omnibus budget early Thursday morning, which included no increase in per-pupil funding but instead decreased pay-in rates for K-12 districts into the state pension fund.
Republicans and conservative organizations criticized the 2024-25 budget passed late Wednesday, saying it is irresponsible.
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.