Short-term rentals would have to pay a 6% excise tax under legislation that received testimony in the House Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee Wednesday.
The House Democratic caucus has been returned to its full 56-member majority after Macomb County Commissioner Mai Xiong and Westland City Council member Peter Herzberg secured victories in their respective special elections Tuesday night, ending the temporary 54-54 split.
GOP lawmakers' legal claim that a pair of voting expansion state constitutional amendments sponsored by Promote the Vote violated the Legislature's federal constitutional right to determine the time, place and manner of elections was thrown out by a federal court Wednesday.
Randy LeVasseur, a real estate broker and attorney has filed to primary Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) in the 66th House District, saying that individuals came to him after Schriver’s controversial social media posts
The State Board of Education approved a resolution during its meeting Tuesday calling for legislation to open charter schools to be treated more like public schools in the state of Michigan.
