michigan senate

After nearly 30 years, the Michigan Sentencing Commission has reconvened to modernize the state’s criminal justice system and advise lawmakers on updates to sentencing guidelines.

After 16 months without representation in the state Senate, voters in a competitive Central Michigan district will decide control of the chamber on Tuesday in a special election to fill the seat last held by Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet, who's now a congresswoman.

What should Michigan voters be paying attention to in the governor and U.S. Senate races as the midterms get closer? Plus, a new book that explores a giant in the avant-garde literary scene—that operated out of Michigan for three decades. And how one city block in Detroit is annually transformed into a corner of the Star Wars universe every year.

The state Senate is suing the state House over nine bills that are in limbo after they passed both chambers of the Legislature but were never sent to the governor to sign.

Michigan’s Senate Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee recently heard testimony on legislation that would establish uniform septic tank rules across the state.

Michigan lawmakers have weighed in on U.S. involvement in attacks on Iran that started over the weekend.

After the Trump administration’s claims of widespread fraud in child care programs in several other states, Michigan’s auditor general will look into the performance of the state’s child care subsidy program.

Politics in Michigan just got more interesting as Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist changes statewide races. Plus a conversation with the Michigan Senate Majority Leader on what can actually get done this year in Lansing with divided government.

The three bills would start building a framework for regulating the environmental impacts of "hyperscale" data centers.

First, a look at the four senatorial candidates looking to fill Gary Peters' seat next year. Then, more on a new film about a feminist free speech pioneer who challenged censorship under the Comstock Act in the 1890s. Plus, Michigan Public's On Hand took a deep dive into the history of the famous (in Michigan, at least) Michigan left.