Michigan Legislature

Where Michigan's 2026 attorney general candidates stand on key issues including data centers, utility rates, lawsuits against the federal government and the powers of the office.

Lawmakers in the Republican-led chamber took the opportunity to pass some final legislative priorities as well as possible longshots in the Democratic-controlled state Senate.

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.

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.

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.

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.