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A Royal Oak woman is taking her fight to get her name on the Aug. 4 Republican primary ballot for U.S. Senate to the federal appeals court.

Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit, the Democratic nominee for Attorney General, and Washtenaw County are alleged to have violated the Campaign Finance Act’s prohibition against using public resources for political purposes.

Senate Democrats Wednesday adopted their $63 billion budget proposal for state departments and government programs, which Republicans protested with more than 45 failed amendment proposals.

The House Government Operations Committee is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday to take up the 10 bills and a resolution that makes up the House Republicans' $5 billion property tax reduction plan that has received the acronym HELP UP (Hall Effectively Lowering Property Taxes and Utility Payments).

A new survey of likely Republican primary voters shows U.S. Rep. John James (R-Shelby Township) holding an 18-point lead in the 2026 GOP gubernatorial race, while also highlighting deep engagement among the party’s base and strong alignment with President Donald Trump.

History was not made at last week’s filing deadline. Lansing’s Elyon Badger did not turn in the 1,000 signatures needed to make the August ballot in the 7th Congressional District.

Lawmakers this year are plowing through the budget process at a pace not seen in more than a decade, with both chambers advancing spending plans weeks earlier than usual. And in one case, months earlier.

Michigan's cybersecurity team is fending off roughly 4 million attempted attacks a day — but even with layers of protection, experts say the state's data systems are far from bulletproof.

There are a lot of folks in town and across Michigan whose names you'd recognize who are supporting independent gubernatorial candidate Mike Duggan, but don't want to be overtly public about it.

While the House last week passed a budget slashing 62% of state funding from Michigan State University (MSU) and the University of Michigan (UofM), a national survey came out suggesting 78% of college grads believe their degrees were worth the cost.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Leonard announced on Facebook that he is withdrawing from the race after taking an “honest look at the path forward.”

President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug.

The Perry Johnson campaign filed a lawsuit Wednesday against gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. John James (R-Shelby Township) and his campaign, alleging election law violations for not making it clear that James is a gubernatorial candidate, and not the governor.

House Republicans muscled their Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget plan (HB 5619) through the chamber Wednesday night, marking the earliest that a first-run omnibus has passed the House in at least a decade. It follows a cycle in which the House's first budget bill wasn't passed until late summer.

A House subcommittee advanced a Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 spending bill on Tuesday that includes a $145.3 million fund for legislative “pork” projects known formally as the Legislative Spending Transparency Fund (LSTF).

Former House Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) will finish his term as minority vice chair of the House Appropriations Committee, House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) announced Tuesday, saying his predecessor is “highly respected and many Democrats have been coming to me recently saying they had made a mistake in changing leaders.”

Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive U.S. Senate candidate, has apologized to opponent and U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) who was booed at during Sunday's Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) endorsement convention.

For years, he’s been a fixture outside Lansing City Hall and the Capitol, serving up hot dogs to lawmakers, lobbyists and reporters alike.

Since the turn of the century, if a winning party's gubernatorial or presidential candidate managed at least 53 percent of the popular vote in a Michigan election, their entire slate of education board nominees all won.

Being a politician means meeting with people, talking with people, and being scrutinized by people. It can all seem akin to the celebrity fishbowl, with the extra step of being held to account by the people who elected you.