Colin Jackson
Reporter, Michigan Public Radio Network-
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A state program to get IDs to people leaving jail is expanding to the Wayne County Jail in Detroit. -
Oral arguments in a lawsuit against some earmarks in the current state budget are taking place this week. -
Michigan senators discussed expanding the state’s Amber alert system to cover older and vulnerable adults in a committee hearing Thursday. -
Despite that only a few weeks remain to avert a partial government shutdown, Democrats in the Senate majority say the negotiations process is still far behind schedule. -
Elizabeth Hertel, the leader of the state Department of Health and Human Services, appeared before the Michigan House Oversight Committee Tuesday for a tense hearing. -
The Democratic-led Senate is suing the Republican-controlled House over nine bills that passed the legislature last term but didn’t physically make it to the governor before the new session started. -
Michigan bills to let the state permit carbon capture and storage projects passed in the state Senate Thursday. -
A bill to strengthen whistleblower protections in Michigan received a hearing Wednesday before the state House Judiciary Committee. -
The lieutenant governor and some Democratic lawmakers passed out lunches to elementary school students Tuesday in the capital city.
