michigan senate

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.

A Republican win in the mid-Michigan district would end the Senate’s current Democratic majority.

The Michigan Supreme Court refuses to bypass a lower court in a suit that pits the Legislature’s Senate Democratic majority leader against the Republican House speaker.

There is an empty state Senate seat in Michigan's thumb region. No one currently represents the district because Governor Gretchen Whitmer has not yet called a special election. Some Republicans are saying she's playing politics with the 35th state Senate District.

The Michigan Senate gave its leadership the power Wednesday to sue over nine bills that passed the state Legislature last session but never made it to the governor.

The Michigan Senate sent a flurry of bills to the governor as it met Thursday night and deep into Friday morning.

There are many races happening in Michigan. Here are the candidate and proposal races we're following.