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Political Violence Is No Longer Fringe — It’s Local But Not Unstoppable

Cuts To U-M, MSU Can't Be Absorbed By Restricted Endowment Funds, MASU Says

First Step Taken To Prevent 34,000 From Falling Off Sexual Offender Registry

States Agree To $7.4B Settlement With Purdue In Opioid Litigation

House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) told MIRS on Friday that he is “ready to work in good faith” to get a Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget done for the K-12 schools by July 1 and that he's prepared to meet with the Governor, the Senate Majority Leader and the Budget Office to make it happen.

The Michigan Court of Appeals held that contaminated groundwater is an “environmental hazard” that must be disclosed under Michigan’s seller disclosure act (SDA).

Whether the political slogan "Let's Go Brandon"– a known euphemism for "Fuck Joe Biden" – is profanity and therefore prohibited on clothing in schools is in the hands of a federal appellate panel.

The University of Michigan would lose 65.1 percent of its state funding and Michigan State University 18.3 percent of its state funding, with the remaining 13 state universities gaining around 25 percent more, under a higher education budget proposal the House passed late Thursday evening with the minimum 56 "yes" votes needed.

'No Kings' Protests Planned Across Michigan On Saturday

Testimony On Marshall Megasite, CATL Taken Up By Joint Legislative Committee

House D's Introduce $24B School Aid Budget

R's Want To Put ‘Vaccine Choice’ Into Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act

Lawsuit Seeks $25M In Detroit Police Shooting

Capitol Commission Adopts Secret Security Measures

Drive down a Michigan freeway for any amount of time, and you’ll most likely see a half or a whole house being pulled on a wide-load semi-trailer. What you might not know is that the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) might have paid for that home in its effort to stanch the housing bleed.

A joint statement from 17 education organizations on Friday calls for the Legislature, but more specifically the House, to pass a budget by the July 1 statutory deadline so that schools can set their budgets accordingly.

Photos and signature identification would be added to Michigan bridge cards for those needing food or cash assistance benefits under legislation that was taken up in the House Government Operations Committee on Thursday.

The Republican-led House filed a lawsuit against Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for her failure to comply with their subpoena to turn over election clerk training documents.

Former Gov. Rick Snyder said he's ready to get back on the campaign bus, touring the state to rally citizens to help him to "do something for the kids."

Senate Health Policy Dedicates Nearly 2 Hours To Medicaid Hearing