Whitmer directs state agencies to gather info to fight fed cuts
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive Thursday calling on the state health department to create a report on how...
Michigan Supreme Court strikes down automatic life without parole for 19, 20-year-olds
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for 19- and-20-year-old defendants violate the state Constitution. The majority...
Michigan Supreme Court orders sentencing hearings for 18-year-old lifers
More than 250 felons sent to prison for life with no chance of parole for crimes committed when they were...
Whitmer says DC trip planned to lobby against tariff fight, education cuts
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she will travel to Washington D.C. soon to lobby federal officials against proposed big...
Democratic lawmaker sponsors measure to repeal MI’s dormant same-sex marriage ban
A Democratic state lawmaker has sponsored a proposal to strike the language of the dormant same-sex marriage ban from the...
GOP House members call on SCOTUS to reverse marriage decision
A group of seven conservative GOP legislators put their names on a non-binding resolution Tuesday calling on the U.S. Supreme...
Detroit Evening Report: Gov. Whitmer signs new minimum wage, sick leave policies
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation on Friday to preserve Michigan’s lower minimum wage for tipped workers and to modify the law that...
Civil trial on Michigan’s ‘informed consent’ abortion law opens
Arguments in a legal challenge to abortion restrictions that remain on the books in Michigan opened Thursday before a Michigan...
Ingham County judge hears challenge to Enbridge Line Five
A judge spent nearly four hours Monday listening and sorting through arguments on the future of the state’s effort to...
New rules give Michigan House Oversight Committee greater subpoena power
Republicans formally took control of the state House Wednesday after winning a majority of seats in the November election. One...
Senate adjourns after passing flurry of bills; Legislature done for 2024
The Michigan Senate gaveled out for the year Thursday following a marathon 30-hour session that wrapped up the Legislature’s work...
Democrats, Republicans kill lame duck in Michigan House
Democratic control of the state Capitol for the first time in four decades fizzled to a close Thursday, as House...