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Former GOP Sen. Wayne Schmidt and former Democratic House member LaMar Lemmons III, both of whom have worked on legislative staff

The Michigan State Police has been ordered to pay $475,000 to six residents whose rights were violated when they attended an Americans with Disabilities event at the state Capitol in 2015.

In 2022, the Michigan Probate Judges Association documented the case of a girl named Katie, who was removed from an abusive home and placed in a juvenile detention center. Because space wasn't available, Katie spent nine days residing in a courthouse, sleeping on an air mattress.

The state’s personal income tax rate will not return to 4.05 percent after the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the reduction from 4.25 percent applied only to 2023.

Some House staffers working under the purview of House Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) have begun taking cards from employees interested in holding an election on whether to be represented by a Teamsters local, multiple sources have told MIRS.