A $4.6 million funding request for the state judiciary's Michigan-wide case management system, a priority for Governor Gretchen Whitmer, was not included in the House's version of the 2024-25 judiciary budget reported by an appropriations panel on Wednesday.
A packed House panel heard emotional and at times tense testimony from advocates on both sides of bills that could allow those incarcerated for more than 10 years a "second look" at their prison sentences.
A bill that would allow high school athletes to enter into name, image and likeness contracts was taken up for testimony Wednesday by a Senate panel, with one member expressing concerns over expanding what is a big-money enterprise on the collegiate level to the amateur level.
New legislation would formally establish a court-appointed special advocate program to provide volunteers to advocate for a child's best interest.
Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth Clement and Court of Appeals Chief Judge Michael Gadola appeared before the House Appropriations Judiciary Subcommittee on Wednesday to highlight budget priorities for Michigan's courts in the 2024-25 fiscal year.
The scene is set for the April special election that will break the House's 54-54 split.
The battle for the 13th House District is on, and it appears next week's special election will be a competition between endorsements, geography and experience at the state level.
Legislation that requires public employers to provide unions with employee contact information, allows graduate student research assistants to unionize and allow public bodies to set up payroll deduction for employees to donate to union PACs if they wish was signed into law Wednesday by Governor Gretchen Whitmer
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.
Sen. Mary Cavanagh wanted to be an anthropologist before getting into politics.