Michigan Legislature

Michigan voters choose the members of the boards at the state's three largest public universities. That would change under a proposal in the Michigan Senate.

The state is less than a month from the statutory July 1 target for finalizing a balanced budget and lawmakers are anxious to avoid a repeat of the standoff last year that dragged past two legal deadlines.

Bills to help address Michigan’s affordable housing shortage by creating a tax credit for developers cleared a state Senate committee Tuesday with bipartisan support.

New bills aim to fix problems with Michigan's auto no-fault law. Bill sponsors say those problems keep people who choose lifetime medical coverage on their car insurance from getting what they're paying for.

State law requires school districts to be in session at least 180 days per year. Most districts keep space in the schedule for snow days, but some need more this year.

The Michigan Legislature is passing reforms for mobile home communities. Plus, a Detroit author assesses a recent book of poems which deals with the dream state.

A Michigan Court of Claims judge has blocked spending on two minor league baseball parks that were part of a spree of pork barrel spending approved in the 2024-2025 state budget. The order issued Tuesday is part of a case that could result in imposing — or re-imposing — constitutional controls on spending decisions made at the state Capitol.

Democrats have kept control of the Michigan Senate. Zach Gorchow of Gongwer News Service looks at what the special election results could tell us about November.

A bill to make state records easier to find is working its way through the Michigan House of Representatives.State agencies frequently release reports to the Legislature. But state Representative Joseph Aragona (R-Clinton Twp) said they’re sometimes hard to find since each agency has its own system for handling them and posting them online.

Budget bills are starting to move at the state Capitol as lawmakers attempt to get an earlier start on crafting a spending plan for the coming fiscal year and avert a deadlock similar to last year’s standoff.