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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

Republicans Moving Out Of Secchia-Weiser Building

Arbit Asking For Antisemitism To Be Added To Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act

Ice Storm-Ravaged Up North Schools Get A Break On School Days

Ex-Snyder Aide's Wrongful Prosecution Lawsuit Dismissed

House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) said at a press conference Wednesday that a new, stronger regulatory committee is coming.

A broad coalition of education groups are coming together with a ballot proposal designed to raise taxes on the state's wealthier residents and divert the estimated $4 billion in new revenue to schools.

"I don't need you" is what House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) said to his chamber's minority leader, Rep. Ranjeev Puri (D-Canton), during a panel of the Legislature's top Democratic and Republican leaders.

A political organization designed to assist Republican candidates “up and down Michigan's ballot” launched Thursday with one of the Republicans' chief financial benefactors, multi-millionaire Dick DeVos, leading the broad governing advisory board.

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said Wednesday he is optimistic about future relations between the two countries, but he warned that there are “pebbles in the shoe” obstacles that need to be worked out. 

Duggan Calling For New Accountability Program For School District Improvement 

What a difference two years can make.

Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) says what's lacking right now in terms of creating a new road funding plan "is a genuine conversation between the House and the Senate."

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has crossed into unexplored territory with the length it’s taken her to call a special election in the politically competitive 35th Senate District.  

If House Republicans are being “held hostage” by the right wing of their caucus during budget making, then they can negotiate with House Democrats and get a budget done, said Rep. Joey Andrews (D-St. Joseph) Thursday during a press conference.