Blog tagged as Legislature

Despite appearing on a committee agenda Tuesday morning, a package of bills establishing productivity time credits for the incarcerated was not taken up after it became clear the votes weren't there to move them.

Advocates for a proposal to shave time off a prisoner's sentence for learning a trade or taking classes would not require three-quarters support for final passage as some presume, according to a legal analysis for the Alliance for Safety and Justice.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for a 100% clean energy standard, a drug affordability board to flag expensive pharmaceuticals, a paid family leave policy, and state regulation of the siting of solar farms and wind turbines, during a new "What's Next?" address Wednesday morning.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to find missing children and identify human trafficking victims?

If another economic development opportunity arises and state revenue is needed to seal the deal, what will the state do after spending nearly all its $9 billion surplus in the most recent budget?