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A House Oversight subcommittee chair walked back an earlier claim that an apparently defunct Clinton Township day care bilked the state of $1.12 million today, but blamed a state agency for not being clear on how it discloses grant recipients.

A Republican lawmaker unveiled legislation on Wednesday to create a statewide public school district that would allow parents to hire certified teachers directly, arguing the proposal would reward top educators, encourage innovation and move Michigan beyond the traditional classroom model.

Lawmakers have requested a combined $4.383 billion for 1,320 special projects as part of the budget process, a number that equates to 5% of the Governor's recommended $88.1 billion budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027.

Help for the renovation of a dead mall, two renaissance zones, the awards for the Match on Main program and a $1.5 million grant were all approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) Board on Tuesday.

House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) said Tuesday afternoon during his weekly press conference that a framework for a deal over the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget has been reached.

A fiery exchange broke out between Democratic SD-1 candidates Justin Onwenu and Abraham Aiyash following a candidate forum for their race. Onwenu accused Aiyash of telling him that there was a "silver lining" to the war in the Middle East in that it benefited his campaign.

Political figures are starting to come around to the issues that have voters most riled up this campaign seasons – data centers and seemingly perpetual electricity rate increases.

During a press conference Thursday, House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) frequently dodged reporters' questions about whether he'd reprimand Rep. James DeSana (R-Carleton) for his comments about Rep. Jamie Thompson (R-Brownstown)'s deceased daughter and fellow Republican caucus members.

Senate Democrats on Thursday approved having Michigan create its own online marketplace where residents can shop for healthcare when they're not covered by Medicaid or insurance through work, joining 20 other states that have left the federal marketplace.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Wednesday she is wrapping up her defense conference in Paris this week before heading to Luxembourg and Belgium, as House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) told reporters that legislative leaders need Whitmer in town to finish the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget on time.

The deteriorating relationship Rep. James DeSana (R-Carleton) has with Monroe County Republicans spilled onto the House floor Wednesday after a private recording circulated in which he called his fellow Republican representatives “scumbags” and negatively framed Jamie Thompson (R-Brownstown)'s account of her daughter’s death. Thompson said she feels like her deceased daughter's memory was “mocked.”

Stephanie Chatfield, the wife of former House Speaker Lee Chatfield, finalized a plea agreement that could leave her with no criminal conviction.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Director Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. pushed his new inverted food pyramid that focuses on meats, dairy and produce during a forum on healthy eating and avoiding obesity, held at Country Mill.

A former chair of the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) has asked the MDP for an investigation into five of the eight people indicted in a conspiracy threatening University of Michigan officials.

The Michigan Senate has held roll-call votes on just 21 days so far this year, a historically sluggish pace that is less than half the number recorded at the same point in 2008 and 2010, the last time the Legislature operated under split-party control.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the CEO of database software company Oracle issued separate statements that a viral comment on social media attributed to the Governor at the June 1 groundbreaking of a Saline data center was not uttered, and that it appears the audio was “manipulated.”

Laying on the glass floor in the Capitol rotunda is a memorable photo opportunity for visitors to downtown Lansing.

One Friday last summer, the Mielke boys set up their lemonade stand at the Rogers City Famers Market, just as they have the last three summers.

President Donald Trump’s four judicial nominees for federal judgeships told a Senate panel Wednesday that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election “as a matter of law.”

Michigan hospitals would be required to offer financial assistance to certain patients and medical debt would largely be barred from credit reports under a three-bill package introduced today by three House Republicans in politically competitive districts.