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Speaker Talks About 428 Second-Chamber Bills That Remain In Limbo

Judge Says AG, Staff Doesn’t Have To Testify – Yet – At DePerno Hearing

A new statewide survey of local government leaders across Michigan shows a paradox: officials say local democracy is functioning well, even while their trust in residents has fallen to its lowest recorded level.

When asked how the 2026 Republican nominee for governor will take on Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's massive name I.D., candidate Mike Cox says he's "willing, able, and I will beat the shit out of them."

U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) described the United States' health care system as being in a “crisis" that, in the long term, should include affordable insurance programs, which “likely means . . . a reasonable proposal that opens up Medicare for people who want it."

William Null, one of three defendants acquitted for allegedly trying to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, has filed paperwork to run for governor as a Republican next year.

For the fourth time in her tenure, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used her power of pardon on Tuesday to spare the lives of two turkeys from the butcher's knife nine days before Thanksgiving.

The march through Dearborn Tuesday organized by Republican gubernatorial longshot Anthony Hudson drew left and right extremists, even as he tried to distance himself from the chaos that descended.

Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) announced a package of bills on Veterans Day that aim to exempt military retirement pay from state income tax, expand mental health and suicide prevention services and allow the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) to accept tax-deductible private donations for projects related to veterans' wellness.

Younger generations are increasingly getting their news from news influencers on various social media channels, according to the Pew Research Center and Reuters Institute, which is pushing public relations into more complex territory.

New polling from the Lansing-based firm EPIC-MRA shows a tight race for governor, widespread concern about the impact of tariffs, a close contest for the U.S. Senate, and measured job approval ratings for both Michigan's Governor and U.S. President Donald Trump.

"If you remember only three words out of this presentation: minors can't consent,” Rep. Mark Tisdel (R-Rochester) said to the Regulatory Reform Committee in support of his HB 4388, which would require age verification to sign up for a social media account.

Twenty-two Michigan Republican legislators have asked U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to have the Department of Justice oversee the state’s 2026 primary and general elections.

Sen. Jim Runestad (R-White Lake) on Thursday blasted the Michigan State Police from the Senate floor over its more than $401,000 contract with someone the department investigated, and he called on the department’s top leaders to resign.

GOP Political Operatives Forced To Resign Senate Posts

U.P. Lawmaker Says ‘Destruction’ Of U.P. Possible If Senate Doesn’t Move On RICE Bills

Trump Symbolically Pardon's Michigan's 2020 GOP Electors

Michigan's Anti-Terrorism Law May Not Be Constitutional

Foreign contributions to ballot initiatives would be banned under HB 5197 and HB 5198, just like they are banned from political candidates and Super PACs.

It seems like every modern-day governor has taken a stab at improving the education of our children. Gov. Bill Milliken was first with the creation of his "Education Reform Commission" back in the early '70s and, yet, critics contend the system is still in dire need of a fix.