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House Speaker Matt Hall stands at a podium.
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Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says education budgets could be done by July 1

Rick Pluta June 20, 2025

The July 1 deadline for the Legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to have a budget deal wrapped up arrives in...

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Defendant Jennifer Crumbley appears during her jury trial at the Oakland County Courthouse, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich.
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Jennifer Crumbley asks to be released while appeal plays out

Rick Pluta June 18, 2025

The mother of the Oxford High School shooter has asked to be released from prison while she appeals her involuntary...

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House approves GOP contempt resolution against Benson

Rick Pluta May 23, 2025

The Republican-led state House adopted a resolution Thursday to hold Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in contempt for failing...

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
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Nessel charges politically connected former legislative staffer with corruption

Rick Pluta May 16, 2025

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday she does not expect to file any more charges after alleging a former...

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Renee Chelian, founder of Northland Family Planning, was one of the plaintiffs in this lawsuit.
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Judge strikes down Michigan abortion restrictions

Rick Pluta, Kate Wells May 14, 2025

A Michigan judge has granted a permanent injunction against three of the state’s remaining abortion restrictions, declaring they violate the Reproductive...

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a directive calling on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to come up with an analysis of how federal budget cuts could affect Medicaid services, April 17, 2025.
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Whitmer directs state agencies to gather info to fight fed cuts

Rick Pluta April 18, 2025

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive Thursday calling on the state health department to create a report on how...

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The Michigan Hall of Justice.
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Michigan Supreme Court strikes down automatic life without parole for 19, 20-year-olds

Rick Pluta April 11, 2025

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...

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The Michigan Hall of Justice.
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Michigan Supreme Court orders sentencing hearings for 18-year-old lifers

Rick Pluta April 3, 2025

More than 250 felons sent to prison for life with no chance of parole for crimes committed when they were...

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Whitmer says DC trip planned to lobby against tariff fight, education cuts

Rick Pluta March 13, 2025

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she will travel to Washington D.C. soon to lobby federal officials against proposed big...

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State Rep. Jason Morgan (D-Ann Arbor) stands at the podium in the Michigan House Chambers.
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Democratic lawmaker sponsors measure to repeal MI’s dormant same-sex marriage ban

Rick Pluta March 6, 2025

A Democratic state lawmaker has sponsored a proposal to strike the language of the dormant same-sex marriage ban from the...

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Michigan Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) takes a front row seat as Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) calls for the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse its marriage equality decision.
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GOP House members call on SCOTUS to reverse marriage decision

Rick Pluta February 26, 2025

A group of seven conservative GOP legislators put their names on a non-binding resolution Tuesday calling on the U.S. Supreme...

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File - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs bills into law in Lansing on December 17, 2024.
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Detroit Evening Report: Gov. Whitmer signs new minimum wage, sick leave policies

Rick Pluta, Hernz Laguerre February 21, 2025

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation on Friday to preserve Michigan’s lower minimum wage for tipped workers and to modify the law that...

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