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Michigan drivers now have two new license plate choices, one celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary and another celebrating Black fraternities and sororities.

The Michigan Senate voted Wednesday to expand a low-income housing assistance program to cover potential homebuyers who fall in the middle-income category.

Women's Huron Valley's warden, Jeremy Howard, is taking "personal leave," according to the Michigan Department of Corrections. This comes after the recent deaths of three inmates and scrutiny over alleged poor living conditions within the prison.

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.

The proposal is an effort to address board-level dysfunction at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University.

Some proposals, including zoning legislation, have received bipartisan support. But a "renters' bill of rights" is unlikely to pass.

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.

Guns are the leading cause of death among children in the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control. A recent law in Michigan might have helped reduce firearm-related deaths among children in the state.

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.

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.