House races across the state are starting to take shape with the window for candidate filing closed as of 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
The proposed House budget recommendation for the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs largely concurs with Governor Gretchen Whitmer's recommendation, but extra funding is included for renewable energy infrastructure grants, additional staff for the Cannabis Regulatory Agency and staff to examine how the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission grants are spent.
GRAND RAPIDS – Former President Donald Trump shredded his Democratic opponent's immigration policy Tuesday, calling the nation's southern border a mess that is leading to carnage in Michigan and across the nation at the hands of people in the country illegally.
A group of House Democrats hope that the future of government transparency in Michigan is bright.
It's been almost a year since the reports of children illegally working in food production and auto manufacturing jobs in Michigan broke in the New York Times.
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.
Several House members are asking for more out of the financial disclosure bills expected to move through the House and the Senate.
The House Democratic caucus is not on the same page.
As the deadline to pass financial disclosure legislation ticks closer, the House has introduced a new bill package to implement the requirements of Proposal 2022-1.
House Democrat's long-awaited financial disclosure bills dropped on Wednesday, but it seems the legislation isn't being advanced to a committee hearing.