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Five petition circulators whose names appeared in a 2024 Bureau of Elections memo identifying petition sheets with “clear indications of fraud” also circulated petitions for Republican gubernatorial candidate Perry Johnson's this year, according to information shared with MIRS.

Politically connected entrepreneur Fay Beydoun has been charged with 16 counts in connection with the way she spent a $20 million legislative grant.

West Michigan Republican powerhouse Dick DeVos is beginning to make fundraising calls in support of gubernatorial candidate John James, MIRS has learned, a development that will help the Congressman push back with paid media down the line against primary opponent Perry Johnson and his bottomless pockets.

Saginaw City Fire Captain Chedrick Greene won in the special 35th state Senate race Tuesday night by 19 points (58.87% to 39.42%), restoring Democrats' 20-seat majority in the chamber. It also marks Democrats' 27th win out of 39 special legislative and congressional elections that have taken place so far this year throughout the country.

'Tis the season. While Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sharing her words of wisdom during a commencement speech for the graduates of Michigan State University this week, 1,300 miles west, the president of Colorado University was doing the same thing.

One of the Republicans' two likely state Supreme Court nominees, Oscoda Judge Cassandra L. Morse-Bills, is being accused in a whistleblower suit of improperly exchanging text messages with a juror in a sex assault case.

A transgender candidate in the 2nd House District should be kicked off the ballot because her new name was never made official, according to a complaint filed this week by the candidate's opponent, former Rep. Frank Liberati.

Progressive-minded advocacy groups are using mostly unreported “dark money” to fuel their ballot proposal to stop utilities and government contractors from spending money on politics, according to finance reports released this week.

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.