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Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson asked a legislative panel Thursday to give her department subpoena power to investigate campaign finance or lobbying law violations as a way to help bring Michigan from “worst to first” in government transparency and ethics requirements.

The final pieces of the Fiscal Year (FY) FY 2024 are being put together this week as legislative leaders and the Governor's office eye next Tuesday and Wednesday for final action.

The Michigan Supreme Court agreed Wednesday morning to hear arguments on whether the Legislature can adopt a citizens' initiative and then amend it in the same session.

The Senate Labor Committee took testimony Wednesday on legislation that unweaves a Snyder-era ban and would allow local governments to adopt ordinances setting higher minimum wage rates and better benefits than those existing statewide.

Canadian-based Enbridge Energy will appeal a Wisconsin judge’s $5.15 million trespass ruling, which also calls for the company to remove its pipeline from an Indian tribe’s reservation within three years.