Blog by Team MIRS

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s hope to restart a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Van Buren County could happen, but it could cost way more than the $150 million lawmakers put into the budget Wednesday and it could take a long time.

Michigan Republican Party (MRP) Chair Kristina Karamo has removed the party's Budget Committee chair due to a dereliction of duty. She did so without the support of her co-chair, whom Karamo stripped of access to the party's bank account.

The Senate version of legislation undoing Michigan’s "No Stricter Than Federal" environmental regulation statute is headed to the Governor’s desk after passing along partisan lines in the House Wednesday, reopening the door for state agencies to consider more stringent non-emergency restrictions.

More than $87 billion in state spending for this fiscal year and next – making up 1,600 pages of bill text – was revealed in a joint House-Senate appropriations subcommittee a little after 3 p.m. Wednesday and then passed by both the House and Senate without changes around 10 p.m.

The Senate version of a bill allowing public universities to sell alcohol in their stadiums during sporting events passed the House, 85-23 Tuesday, with mixed support from Democrats.