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Some House staffers working under the purview of House Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) have begun taking cards from employees interested in holding an election on whether to be represented by a Teamsters local, multiple sources have told MIRS.

Throughout one whole year, a short-term payday loan provider could not charge service fees of more than 36 percent of the loan as residents pay it back, under legislation approved Wednesday 5-1 in the Senate Finance, Insurance and Consumer Protection Committee.

Michigan Republican Party Chair Pete Hoekstra confirmed Wednesday the lawsuit launched by the ousted former chairwoman over the former headquarters building in downtown Lansing has been dismissed.

Twice a Michigan governor has used the power of the office to remove elected officials

A federal judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit alleging Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson failed to purge nearly 26,000 dead people from the voter rolls.