The Governor hopes to achieve her vision of free community college tuition for all high school seniors by adding $30 million to the Michigan Achievement Scholarship program – a larger, nearly 2-year-old program that requires …
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday proposed an $80.7 billion budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, which comes in 1.2 percent lower than the record-setting $81.66 billion FY 2024 budget, and was called a “return to normal” by State …
Macomb County Commissioner Mai Xiong, the predicted front runner in the 13th District House special election, has won the Democratic primary with 80 percent of the vote.
Both parties in the House have raised over $1 million in the fourth quarter, with Democrats slightly outraising Republicans by $54,000 in total contributions. Republicans have more cash on hand.
Some Republicans said Whitmer’s 2024 proposals are short-term solutions that won’t help Michigan get back to the future.
Missing from the governor's State of the State (SotS) address Wednesday evening were her calls for paid family leave and prescription drug affordability – both items she wanted to see get done before the end …
The third day of session in 2024 marked yet another day with no action, after a bipartisan bill package making technical changes to Michigan-based trusts was not taken up.
The faction of the Michigan Republican Party (MRP) State Committee that remove Kristina Karamo from the chairmanship on Jan. 6 voted Friday to elect former Congressman and U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra to lead the party.
The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) set the elements it needs to start redrawing the seven state House districts ordered by the federal court, and would do it without a pay raise.
When asked how confident he is that his committee will vote on legislation establishing 15 weeks of paid family leave in Michigan this year, Senate Housing and Human Services Chair Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) said …
A special meeting of the Michigan Republican Party State Committee members voted to remove Chair Kristina Karamo and three other party officials from their positions.
The 2024 calendar year doesn’t need Michigan’s now-legal aerial fireworks to give it a bang. The story lines hitting Michigan’s political scene have the new year off to a fast start. Here’s MIRS' Top 9 to …
Any future elections in a combined 13 Metro Detroit legislative districts are on hold after a federal panel ruled Thursday that the race-based drawing of Michigan’s 2021 House and Senate redistricting maps […]
Thursday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made endorsements in the two House seats up for special election
Michigan State Housing Development Authority Executive Director Amy Hovey may not have landed in the field of housing on purpose, but she has found a sense of purpose and passion for working in housing to …
Two attorneys told the Michigan Supreme Court that the 2018 Republican-led Legislature’s adopt-and-amend tactic on the minimum wage increase and paid sick leave initiative was unconstitutional.
Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) was the Legislature's most liberal senator this year, while Sen. Michele Hoitenga (R-Manton) was the chamber's most conservative member.
The Growing Michigan Together Council is recommending a funding system overhaul to the state's education system and its roads as a way to make the state more attractive for those looking to move, according to a …
