Legislation that would prohibit lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP, was reported out of the House Criminal Justice Committee on Tuesday.
A bill to protect residents from frivolous SLAPP lawsuits if they express their First Amendment rights discussing issues of public concern, such as in public comment during local municipal meetings, was the subject of testimony before a House panel on Tuesday.
Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Director Susan Corbin and Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II heard feedback on the Statewide Workforce Plan in a Wednesday roundtable, examining the successes and challenges of working to meet the goal of moving 75,000 households up to the middle class by the end of 2027.
A House committee received a lesson from stakeholders on the history of how pets, specifically service and companion animals, have been victimized in the state, in hopes of increasing the awareness of the danger pet cruelty poses to animal owners.
With artificial intelligence and deepfakes becoming commonplace on the internet, bills inspired by Taylor Swift and her recent issues with fake, sexual imagery would criminalize the sharing of sexually explicit AI-generated images.
With its voting majority back in place, House Democrats on Thursday sent legislation requiring the State Court Administrative Office to analyze trial court costs and propose changes to the current funding mechanism to Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Committee hearings on legislation to increase Michigan's transparency laws began on Thursday, with many lawmakers and elected officials saying they're onboard with the legislation, but they'd like to see it go farther.
A three-bill package that would allow pharmacists to prescribe hormonal birth control, including in 12-month increments, and require in-network insurance providers to cover the costs was reported by the House Health Policy Committee Thursday.
Lawmakers and statewide officers were required to file financial disclosures on Monday for the first time in state history, though the specifics of the filings were limited as officials for the most part don't need to report specific amounts of income.
MERIDIAN TWP. CLERK RUNNING AS WRITE-IN, DEMAS ANNOUNCES BID: A potentially competitive Meridian Township clerk race is shaping up after the incumbent clerk was disqualified over filing a false candidacy document along with the announcement of another candidate.