Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says education budgets could be done by July 1
The July 1 deadline for the Legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to have a budget deal wrapped up arrives in...
Jennifer Crumbley asks to be released while appeal plays out
The mother of the Oxford High School shooter has asked to be released from prison while she appeals her involuntary...
House approves GOP contempt resolution against Benson
The Republican-led state House adopted a resolution Thursday to hold Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in contempt for failing...
Nessel charges politically connected former legislative staffer with corruption
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday she does not expect to file any more charges after alleging a former...
Judge strikes down Michigan abortion restrictions
A Michigan judge has granted a permanent injunction against three of the state’s remaining abortion restrictions, declaring they violate the Reproductive...
Whitmer directs state agencies to gather info to fight fed cuts
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive Thursday calling on the state health department to create a report on how...
Michigan Supreme Court strikes down automatic life without parole for 19, 20-year-olds
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for 19- and-20-year-old defendants violate the state Constitution. The majority...
Michigan Supreme Court orders sentencing hearings for 18-year-old lifers
More than 250 felons sent to prison for life with no chance of parole for crimes committed when they were...
Whitmer says DC trip planned to lobby against tariff fight, education cuts
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she will travel to Washington D.C. soon to lobby federal officials against proposed big...
Democratic lawmaker sponsors measure to repeal MI’s dormant same-sex marriage ban
A Democratic state lawmaker has sponsored a proposal to strike the language of the dormant same-sex marriage ban from the...
GOP House members call on SCOTUS to reverse marriage decision
A group of seven conservative GOP legislators put their names on a non-binding resolution Tuesday calling on the U.S. Supreme...
Detroit Evening Report: Gov. Whitmer signs new minimum wage, sick leave policies
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation on Friday to preserve Michigan’s lower minimum wage for tipped workers and to modify the law that...