The Metro: Examining state politics in a divided statehouse
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Michigan Legislature is split, with Democrats controlling the Senate and...
The Metro: Examining state politics in a divided statehouse
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Michigan Legislature is split, with Democrats controlling the Senate and...
GOP legislators asks SCOTUS to let them sue over Michigan election rules
A group of Republican state lawmakers is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the way for them to challenge...
Republican roads plan to hear more testimony Tuesday
A Republican-backed plan to fund road repairs in Michigan could be voted out of a state House committee Tuesday. The...
House GOP to vote on tax rollback this week
Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says there will be a floor vote this week on a bill to roll back...
MichMash: Benson warns Michigan voter citizenship proposal ‘isn’t about election security’
A voter citizenship proposal that aims to have voters show proof of citizenship in Michigan was presented at a committee...
House GOP, Dems at odds in chaotic budget fight
State House Republicans without advance notice Thursday muscled through a $20 billion dollar bare-bones budget, touching off a rancorous floor...
Democratic lawmaker sponsors measure to repeal MI’s dormant same-sex marriage ban
A Democratic state lawmaker has sponsored a proposal to strike the language of the dormant same-sex marriage ban from the...
Lawmakers could adopt restrictions this year on phones in schools
A Republican state lawmaker says he hopes Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s support will help get a proposal enacted into law...
MichMash: Whitmer’s penultimate State of the State, calls for bipartisanship and road proposals
Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered her second-to-last State of the State address and she urged Michiganders toward unity and togetherness. This...
Michigan House votes to ban lawmakers from signing NDAs
The Michigan House voted Tuesday to keep lawmakers from signing non-disclosure agreements. The practice has come under scrutiny in recent...
Detroit Evening Report: Gov. Whitmer signs new minimum wage, sick leave policies
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation on Friday to preserve Michigan’s lower minimum wage for tipped workers and to modify the law that...
MichMash: Whitmer signs minimum wage bill, House Oversight Committee outlines policy plans
After some compromise, the Michigan Legislature passes a revised version of the minimum wage/sick leave laws late Thursday. Gov. Gretchen...