Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) officially launched her U.S. Senate campaign for 2026, becoming the first major party candidate to announce with a clear ability to raise money and to appear on the ballot next year.
Democrats in special elections this year are performing stronger than past Vice President Kamala Harris did in November.
The last time this town had a Democratic majority in one chamber and a Republican majority in the other, the two leaders were infamous for their affinity for each other.
The number of single-family home building permits pulled last year in Michigan is about a third of what it was in 2005, and it's not because the need isn't there.
House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township)'s $3.1 billion plan to fund roads rolled out of the House Wednesday, each bill getting more than 60 votes without meeting the Democrats' request for new revenue.
The yo-yo threat of tariffs and implementation of steel and aluminum tariffs combined with federal budget cuts have economists reevaluating what the economy could look like as the state government negotiates the budget.
(LIVONIA) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took three questions from the press on Wednesday after her pre-K enrollment announcement, with the most significant comments being her preference to not get rid of corporate incentives such as …
The state’s 4.25% income tax rate would be cut to 4.05%, matching the level the state landed on after the one-year rollback spurred by the 2015 gas tax reduction, under legislation that moved out of …
The Republican-led House passed a scaled-back $20 billion continuation spending plan that would start Oct. 1, if the Legislature and the Governor can't come up with a budget agreement for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 by …
President Donald Trump last Tuesday night asked Congress to “get rid of the CHIPS Act,” the $52 billion subsidy program the Governor’s office had hoped would be used to lure Western Digital Technologies to build a massive microchip …
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer stitched together a series of relatable stories about Michiganders' struggles with a seemingly sincere offer of bipartisanship solutions in a State of the State address that viewers may have questioned whether she'd finish.
Wednesday night, Michigan learned about “Bethany from Lambertville," whose husband was fined for working on someone's house with his Ohio license. Apparently, the couple just moved to Michigan, and he hadn't gotten his Michigan license …
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation before noon Friday preserving a special tipped minimum wage and revamping the state's new paid sick leave policy, marking the end of this chapter of policies originally pushed by progressive …
(DETROIT) – Democrats waited in line for as long as two hours to attend their state convention Saturday, where former state Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. won an uncontested race for chair. But throughout the congested …
The Senate passed a bill that will gradually bring the tipped wage for waitstaff and other service industry workers up to 50 percent of the minimum wage beginning in 2031, about six years from now.
House Finance Committee Chair Mark Tisdel (R-Rochester) said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) will have to do "an awful lot of explaining on what the upside is" for raising the …
Budget Director Jen Flood rolled out Wednesday an $83.5 billion budget proposal for next year that spends nearly all the $770.4 million projected to be left over with this year's budget and the $910.2 million in extra …
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed a $3 billion long-term road funding plan Monday that would allocate all taxes paid at the pump toward roads, imposes $1.6 billion in new, unspecified taxes on large corporations, $500 million in government …
