Colin Jackson
Reporter, Michigan Public Radio Network-
Michigan public health advocates are painting a dark picture for what could happen to health care in the state under federal policy changes. The changes come from the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes cuts to Medicaid spending. -
The Michigan Senate voted Tuesday to prevent certain radioactive materials from being disposed of in the state. The legislation would also more than double fees for dumping hazardous waste. -
Michigan House Republicans passed the rest of their $78.5 billion proposal for the state’s next budget Tuesday. Republicans said the plan, which comes in around $4 billion lower than the current budget, cuts government waste. -
State of Michigan officials are celebrating meeting their initial goal of building 75,000 new housing units by next year.That puts the state around two-thirds of the way to its new goal of creating 115,000 new units. -
A new Michigan House bill would ban out-of-state national guard troops from entering Michigan without the governor’s permission or valid orders from the president. -
The Republican state House speaker and the Democratic Senate majority leader both say they'd support withholding lawmakers' pay if the Legislature misses a budget deadline. -
A new Trump administration policy would take funding from crime victims' groups that don’t share information with immigration authorities. -
Michigan is joining more than a dozen other states in suing the U.S. Department of Energy over a policy that reduces funding to help states run energy efficiency programs.
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Michiganders could be deciding whether to approve amendments to the state constitution next November, if they get enough signatures to make the ballot. -
Leaders of the Democratic-controlled Michigan Senate and Republican-led state House of Representatives accused one of another of holding up the state budget Wednesday, as they held competing press conferences.
