The legislation needed to extend the sunset on the current funding system for trial courts is on the path to the governor's desk ahead of its May 1 sunset, but the bill that would examine a new mechanism to fund the courts is dead on the House floor, for now.
The leaders of the House Democratic and Republican caucuses are among the many incumbents facing primaries in August, though the level of seriousness will vary widely.
A former Michigan House Freedom Caucus staffer is seeking the 64th House District seat after Rep. Andrew Beeler (R-Port Huron) said last week he won't run for reelection.
Michigan's House of Representatives will not tolerate racism, Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) said Wednesday.
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.
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.
Legislation to make it easier for adult adoptees to obtain their birth certificates and other vital documents passed the House on Thursday.
The House voted to toughen penalties for dumping liter and failing stop for school bus on Thursday.
The House acted on several Senate bills Thursday that will pave the way for the legislation to make it to the governor's desk by the end of the year.