House races across the state are starting to take shape with the window for candidate filing closed as of 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
A House subcommittee on Thursday went higher than Governor Gretchen Whitmer in operations increases for the state's universities and community colleges but didn't agree with the proposal to guarantee two years of community college tuition for Michigan graduates.
House Republicans on Wednesday re-upped proposals they said will better spur economic development in the state, like increasing oversight of key state programs and bringing back right to work.
The first bills of the highly anticipated school safety package received a hearing in the House on Tuesday.
Sitting House members are gearing up for an election year, and their campaign finance reports show who is building momentum and who expects a challenge.
During a late-night session Wednesday, the House managed to muster up the votes to pass financial disclosure requirements with the help of some Republicans as several Democrats voted no. The passage of the bills left a bipartisan group of lawmakers unhappy.
A bill allowing the sale of alcohol at college sporting events cleared the House on Tuesday.
A little more than $100 million for site readiness at the Ford battery plant in Marshall was approved through a legislative transfer during the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday.
A House subcommittee on Thursday went above Governor Gretchen Whitmer's recommendation for university operations funding, but slightly lower than the executive when it came to funding for the Michigan Achievement Scholarship
Operational funding for the state's community colleges would see a 4.4 percent increase in a House subcommittee's 2023-24 fiscal year budget recommendation, as well as money for a few new programs mostly funded by federal COVID relief dollars.