MichMash: Unpacking the criminal investigation of Fay Beydoun
An email obtained by The Detroit News revealed this week that the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) may have played...
House bill would allow college athletes to join labor unions
Student-athletes at state universities would be allowed to organize into unions under bills recently sponsored in the Michigan House of...
K-12 leaders say budget inaction leaves schools, students, families hanging
Michigan school districts face tough choices as their fiscal years began Tuesday while the Legislature remains deadlocked on the state...
Senate leadership: K-12 budget unlikely this week
Michigan lawmakers left the state capitol Tuesday night again without passing a new state budget for K-12 schools. Tuesday was...
Lawmakers fail to reach K-12 budget agreement, Senate adds more time
Michigan lawmakers went home without passing a new budget for K-12 schools Thursday night. That’s despite, both meeting for hours...
MichMash Live: A Michigan politics rewind
It has been an eventful year in Michigan politics with the Michigan Legislature dynamically evolving. This week on WDET's MichMash, Gongwer News...
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...
MichMash: Former Lt. Gov. Brian Calley talks insurance crisis; House passes K-12 budget
As the July 1 deadline approaches, Michigan House Republicans have unveiled and passed a budget for K-12 schools. In this...
Michigan House Dems target ghost guns, gun sellers in new package
So-called “ghost guns” could become illegal in Michigan under new bills in the state House. Those are firearms often 3D...
Benson articles of impeachment introduced in the Michigan House
A Republican lawmaker in the Michigan House is introducing articles of impeachment against Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. The articles...
Whitmer signs bill to forgive school days lost to ice storms
Northern Michigan school districts forced into an extended shutdown due to massive ice storms this spring will have a waiver from...
MichMash: Michigan legislature’s budget debate surfaces at Mackinac Policy Conference
The annual Mackinac Policy Conference has wrapped up for 2025. In this episode of MichMash, reporter Elena Durnbaugh joins Gongwer...