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.
A new group of higher education professionals and state officials has been assembled by the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential to address non-tuition financial barriers faced by low-income college students.
The top three state executive officers on Tuesday filed a joint motion to dismiss an amended complaint filed by Right to Life of Michigan in a lawsuit seeking to dismantle the constitutional amendment that made reproductive freedom a right in 2022.
One Republican lawmakers on Friday criticized Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) for a social media post supporting the white nationalist "great replacement" theory as Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II also joined the fray.
The state awarded $5 million to the University of Michigan on Monday for an economic development group to work on supporting startup companies to grow the state's entrepreneurial base.
It's widely anticipated Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson will run for governor in 2026, and it sounds like a job she would like to have.
Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet said Friday if she were elected to Congress, she is committed to helping find a potential Democratic successor to her Senate seat.
Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet's announcement of a congressional run could potentially upend the Democrats' narrow Senate majority if she wins what is expected to be one of the most competitive U.S. House races in the country.
Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II was met with praise as he signed 19 bills Tuesday overhauling the state's juvenile justice system based on recommendations from a bipartisan task force.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Friday signed a bill into law codifying an online absentee ballot application, with Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II out of state.