Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton) proposed spending $8 million Thursday to deploy Michigan National Guard members to the Mexico-United States border in Texas.
Wednesday U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Grand Rapids) criticized the politicization by Republicans of the death of Ruby Garcia, a Grand Rapids resident who was killed Friday by her boyfriend, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, an illegal immigrant
The Michigan State Police will only engage in a high-speed chase if there is probable cause to believe the driver or occupant of the pursued vehicle has committed a life-threatening or violent felony, under a policy change announced Thursday.
The Governor's corrections department remains opposed to legislation reforming the state's legislative corrections ombudsman and how it investigates the state's prisons. The bill now sits dormant in a House committee after receiving unanimous support in the Senate about three months ago.
