Rep. Ranjeev Puri (D-Canton) is positioned to be the next speaker of the House after Democrats voted today to throw their support behind their current minority leader during January's vote. Puri is a first-generation American and would be the first Indian-American to serve in the position.

A Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday called for the state's Department of Corrections (MDOC) director to resign after a second inmate death was reported at Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHVCF).

Members of the House Oversight Committee sat with their heads in their hands as Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia) laid out what she called a “representative sample” of failures inside the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, which she said are costing incarcerated women their health, their dignity, and in some cases, their lives.