The House moved a single bill on Tuesday to designate a portion of M-11 as the Korean War Veterans Memorial Drive with Republicans mostly declining to vote.
Senators took testimony Tuesday on legislation to increase the insurance withholding amount for fire-damaged homes and allow for abandoned funds to be used for repairs.
Members of the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission on Wednesday voted to adopt a Detroit House district remedy map for court approval, and days ahead of the federal three-judge panel's March 1 deadline.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday didn't directly express concerns about the potential for Democrats choosing Uncommitted in the primary next week but said voters should choose the candidate that most represents what they value, calling the presidential race a "high-stakes election."
When it became clear that Democrats would have complete control of Michigan government for the first time in decades, Joe Tate knew his caucus had its marching orders.
A group of Detroit-area Democratic elected officials ranging from local officeholders to several state legislators and the Dearborn mayor have signed a letter pledging to vote "uncommitted" in the upcoming presidential primary election rather than support President Joe Biden in protest of his support for Israel.
Three new map plans for the city of Detroit's House Districts drawn late last week by the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission could pit two representatives against each other in the Hamtramck area, would rearrange district territory around Birmingham and Royal Oak and significantly carve up the 13th District, currently the focus of a special election.
Another idea of how to redraw Detroit's non-compliant House districts emerged Thursday before the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission meets in the city for two weeks of in-person meetings.
The first Democratic Party trifecta state government in 40 years , the tensions that arose as the ideological winds shifted and a landmark decision from the federal courts to throw out the adopted redistricting maps for the House and Senate all punctuated the year's top stories in Michigan politics.
LIVONIA – Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed eight of nine bills repealing some restrictions on abortion, but left out the main piece of legislation needed for the rest to take effect due to tie bars.