Whitmer road plan includes marijuana tax
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released a road-and-transportation funding proposal Monday that includes a new tax on marijuana products, more revenue from...
FOIA bills pass Michigan Senate for the second time
Michigan inched a step closer to applying its open records laws to the governor and the Legislature Wednesday. That’s after...
Sponsors try again at ‘Momnibus’ bill package to address racial disparities in maternal care
Bills to address racial disparities in maternal health care are making a comeback in the Michigan Legislature.The Senate bills would...
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...
Senate empowers Brinks to act on leftover legislation
The Michigan Senate voted Wednesday to let its Democratic leadership sue on behalf of the chamber to have nine bills that passed...
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...
Whitmer signs innovation bills in Detroit
Michigan businesses could get more help from the state with getting off the ground and with research and development under...
Hearing scheduled for proposed gift disclosure rules
A date has now been set for a hearing on proposed rules to close a potential loophole around lobbyist gift...
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...