Opiate bills pass Michigan House
Making or selling a drug derived from opium, like heroin or fentanyl, would carry a tougher penalty in Michigan under...
Detroit city officials, Michigan House speaker promote public safety legislation
Southeast Michigan law enforcement, Detroit City officials, and some Michigan lawmakers called Monday for the passage of bills to create...
House GOP to vote on tax rollback this week
Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says there will be a floor vote this week on a bill to roll back...
Michigan House votes to ban lawmakers from signing NDAs
The Michigan House voted Tuesday to keep lawmakers from signing non-disclosure agreements. The practice has come under scrutiny in recent...
MichMash: Michigan House adopts bills to preempt court ruling on minimum wage, paid leave
The GOP-led Michigan House passed two bills this week to curb some of the changes to the state's minimum wage...
House committee advances bills to slow minimum wage increases, scale back paid sick leave guarantee
A state House committee approved legislation Thursday to scale back minimum wage and earned sick time laws set to take...
House bills would exempt UP gas generators in clean energy legislation
Michigan House Republicans are renewing an effort to count around a dozen Upper Peninsula natural gas generators as clean energy....
House committee opens hearings on minimum wage, sick leave initiatives
A Republican-led committee opened hearings Tuesday on bills that would scale back parts of initiatives to increase the state minimum...
Rep. Bollin named House Appropriations chair, joins GOP leadership seeking budget-writing shakeup
House Republican leadership named state Rep. Ann Bollin (R-Brighton Twp.) the new House Appropriations Committee chair Tuesday.That means she’ll oversee...
MichMash: State lawmakers return to Michigan Capitol for first day of new session
The state's 103rd Legislative session began on Wednesday, with Republicans taking the majority in the House of Representatives. But Democrats...
New Michigan House speaker talks first bills, taking charge, working with Dems in first press conference
The new Republican speaker of the Michigan House says he’s not sure if or when he’ll forward the final bills...
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...