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State regulators shouldn't treat cannabis “like it's plutonium," but regulate it based on the harms it could cause and not on “archaic” rules, according to Michael Bronstein, co-founder and president of the American Trade Association for Cannabis and Hemp, who spoke at a National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) forum earlier this month.

A summer survey of 214 local school officials found that 79 percent do not have confidence that a state budget deal will be reached before a government shutdown goes into effect on Sept. 30.

Unless the President validly invokes the military to come to Michigan, only the Governor has the authority to let armed forces in from another state, territory or district, under legislation spotlighted Thursday y sponsor Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia).

The House failed by four votes to adopt a measure that would put on the ballot a constitutional amendment that would withhold the Governor’s and legislators’ pay if they don’t pass a budget for the upcoming fiscal year by the July 1 statutory deadline.

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 08/20/2025) (BOSTON) -- Thanks to strong revenue growth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and robust...

Wednesday MIRS had a one-on-one interview with second-term U.S. Rep. John James (R-Shelby Township), who's running for governor ahead of the 2026 elections.

The three candidates the State Board of Education interviewed  for the open superintendent post ended up being the three semi-finalists chosen Tuesday to be Michael Rice's successor.

Duggan: 'How's The Independent Candidacy Feeling Tonight?'

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed three bills Friday, bringing the total number of bills passed through the Legislature and signed into law in 2025 to nine.

Contrary to widespread public belief, crime in both Michigan and the United States is on the decline – and has been for years - according to the latest law enforcement and victimization data.

School districts would be blocked from transferring children's records to new schools without written confirmation that the child has been enrolled there, under a bill Oakland County's top public safety officials see as removing a current loophole for hiding child abuse and neglect.

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) voted Thursday in Gaylord that it “is committed” to reinstating the year-round hunting season on the overpopulated coyote, a reversal in approach from a year ago.

Creating pornographic or sexual deepfakes of someone will result in a $3,000, one-year misdemeanor and possibly a daily $1,000 court-issued injunction if it's not erased, under House bills the Senate moved Wednesday.

Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) hasn't had a one-on-one meeting with the House Speaker in about a month, and she's concerned that the state is careening towards a Sept. 30 shutdown because House Republicans have not been able to produce a budget that makes their road funding and tax cut promises add up.

Ideological tensions between conservative Republicans and progressive Democrats exposed themselves Tuesday in a House committee during testimony over revised legislation that would allow unwanted newborns to be deposited in a safety delivery box attached to a hospital, police station or fire station.

A federal jury has awarded nearly $58.5 million in damages to a police officer who was falsely accused by the Attorney General's office of molesting his 4-year-old daughter.

Attorney General Dana Nessel told WDIV "Flashpoint" on Sunday that she is "deeply concerned" by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s (MEDC) conduct, which she described as "deeply troubling," during an investigation into a $20 million grant.

A collection of 35th Senate District residents have filed a lawsuit seeking an order to compel Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to call a special election to fill the 35th State Senate District.

A national poll of progressives shows the far-left is increasingly disappointed with the Democratic Party and are pushing for what they call populist policies, according to the progressive organization Our Revolution.

It's been a whopping 47 years since the Michigan Legislature has seriously tackled property tax relief and another 31 years since it took another look at the Headlee Amendment and Proposal A.