The leaders of the House Democratic and Republican caucuses are among the many incumbents facing primaries in August, though the level of seriousness will vary widely.
Former Warren Mayor Jim Fouts filed to run for the 14th House District as a Democrat on Friday, posing a primary challenge to Rep. Mike McFall.
A new bill would create a private-sector retirement account through the state of Michigan.
The Detroit plaintiffs who won a lawsuit against the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission said in a recent court filing that the remedy map adopted late last month would continue to violate the U.S. Constitution because it prejudices Black voters and favors incumbents under a racially gerrymandered plan already struck down by the court.
Detroit-area House Democrats who would see significant changes in districts redrawn this week by the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission said in interviews that the new lines were surprising and somewhat disappointing, but they were ready to roll in terms of outreach in communities they don't currently represent.
The newly formed bipartisan, bicameral Public Transit Caucus met for the first time this week.
Members of the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission on Wednesday voted to adopt a Detroit House district remedy map for court approval, and days ahead of the federal three-judge panel's March 1 deadline.
Three new map plans for the city of Detroit's House Districts drawn late last week by the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission could pit two representatives against each other in the Hamtramck area, would rearrange district territory around Birmingham and Royal Oak and significantly carve up the 13th District, currently the focus of a special election.
Nearly two years after it adopted maps for the House, Senate and U.S. House in 2021, the independent commission tasked with redrawing Michigan's political landscape was back at the drawing board Tuesday with a court mandate not to use race as a factor in remedy maps for new Detroit-area districts.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer unveiled Tuesday a new residential assistance program to help people in Highland Park pay their water bills.