House Republicans outraised House Democrats by about $400,000 during the second quarter of 2024 and head into the next stage of the election with roughly $600,000 more on hand, pre-primary campaign finance filings due Thursday showed.
Legislation that overhauls how the Board of State Canvassers handles petition signature reviews passed the House on Wednesday.
A tentative plan circulated Tuesday to resolve the 2024-25 fiscal year K-12 school budget sent shockwaves through the Capitol community.
Legislation to extend the current funding system for local trial courts made it through the House under the wire ahead of the current law's May 1 sunset.
Insufficient oversight allowed the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to release grant payments before ensuing eligibility, an audit released Wednesday said.
Members of the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission will receive 35 percent of the governor's salary as it continues to redraw districts thrown out as unconstitutional last year for violating the Equal Protection Clause, amounting to a 40 percent pay increase.
Members of a House panel debated three bills that propose increased penalties and sentencing recommendations for the crime of manufacturing, delivering or being in possession with intent to deliver fentanyl laced or based drugs.
Two-thirds of the Michigan Senate Republican caucus earlier this month endorsed former President Donald Trump in his bid for returning to the White House.
Budget recommendations released Wednesday by Governor Gretchen Whitmer would allocate nearly $1 million to the Department of Attorney General to oversee rate adjustments and litigation involving the Public Service Commission , with additional money to recover fraudulently obtained COVID assistance distributed by the state's housing authority and for oversight of Michigan's medical and recreational marijuana market.
Dustin Witjes, a member of the state's Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission , resigned Tuesday following calls for him to leave his post because he was living and working out of state, sources told Gongwer News Service on Wednesday.