House Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) is focused on getting a budget passed. Full stop.
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.
Following a closely watched special election, the two empty House seats have been filled, restoring Democrats to their 56-54, two-person majority.
Criminal financial charges filed Tuesday against former Speaker Lee Chatfield and his wife, Stephanie Chatfield, have again led to the state's top law enforcement agent to plead for legislative ethics and transparency reforms regarding political dark money accounts, nonprofits and other accounts commonly called slush funds.
Lawmakers and statewide officers were required to file financial disclosures on Monday for the first time in state history, though the specifics of the filings were limited as officials for the most part don't need to report specific amounts of income.
GRAND RAPIDS – Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Monday that the hotel-motel tax bill signed earlier this month would strengthen Kent County's economy and increase its placemaking abilities with a potential new amphitheater and soccer stadium – a facility she hoped would be grand enough to even attract her favorite fictional TV football-turned-fútbol coach.
Michigan House staff is looking to unionize.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is hoping to iron out some details of the economic development package passed by the Senate this week once it gets to the House.
The state's seasonally adjusted jobless rate decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.9 percent in February, the Department of Technology, Management and Budget said Thursday.
Michigan leaders are ready to get the state and the country excited about the NFL draft in Detroit.