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Before the Michigan Senate approved SB 79, legislation establishing penalties for when a minor obtains an improperly stored firearm, the Senate kept in statute a provision that bans local governments from suing gun manufacturers

The Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) was fined $27,000 by the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) for bringing in $154,401 in excessive contributions in 2020.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 02/16/2023) Senate Democrats may be threatening to change the chamber's long-standing rule on how immediate effect is tallied, but whether they have 20 votes to pass a resolution to make this adjustment is in question.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's tax cut proposal moved out of a joint House-Senate conference committee this afternoon but stalled on the House floor Wednesday evening after the Democratic majority was unable to get the 56 votes needed to pass it. The House plans to return to session at 10 a.m. Thursday.

The tax cut deal House and Senate Democrats struck with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is scheduled to move out of a legislative conference committee Wednesday, Feb. 8, despite agitation among progressives and other Democratic legislators