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The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether legislative leaders have any discretion in deciding whether bills passed by the House and Senate must go to the governor.

The Attorney General's office says Fay Beydoun used more than $1 million of state grant money for her own purposes.

Parents with an income up to $100,000 would qualify for a $5,500 tax credit per child under 4 years old under the proposed Working Parents Tax Relief Act.

With Tuesday's victory, Democrats will retain control of the Michigan state Senate — at least until the November election.

A Michigan Court of Claims judge says the state Bureau of Elections can’t deny access to records that reveal the method voters used to cast a ballot in an election.

Arguments over the fate of nine bills that passed the Michigan Legislature in 2024, but never made it to the governor, will happen before the state Supreme Court Wednesday morning.

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.

The state Attorney General’s office had accused a former Adams Township Clerk of illegally sharing election data with unauthorized people after the 2020 presidential election.

More than 200 people marched in Grand Rapids on International Workers' Day, calling for an end to deportations. A separate march was planned for Detroit.

The Michigan Senate passed the rest of its proposals for the next state budget Thursday. That includes a $25 billion spending plan to fund K-12 schools, colleges, and universities. The plan would raise per-student funding by around $250 per student. It would also continue free school meals, put $300 million toward mental health and school safety grants, and $235 million toward helping children read.