Michigan's House of Representatives will not tolerate racism, Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) said Wednesday.
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.
The most conservative caucus within the House Republicans has seen a parting of ways, but the separation has less to do with principles than with strategy.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Elections Director Jonathan Brater on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed last year by a group of Republicans challenging the legality of the recent constitutional amendments passed by voters making sweeping changes to state voting laws.
The House acted on several Senate bills Thursday that will pave the way for the legislation to make it to the governor's desk by the end of the year.
Bills that would exempt the storage, use or consumption of data center equipment from the sales and use tax passed the House Wednesday night with wide bipartisan support.
Regulations would be added to the handling and removal of asbestos under legislation passed by the House on Tuesday.
Legislation to protect homeless youth passed the House on Wednesday.
The debate over siting authority for large-scale solar and wind energy projects began in the House on Wednesday with a committee hearing for the newly introduced Clean Energy and Jobs Act.
A group of legislative Republicans filed suit Thursday in federal court challenging the legality of the recent constitutional amendments passed by voters making sweeping changes to state voting laws.