Michigan Senate

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released the MI Healthy Climate Plan last year. Now the state legislature is trying to take those goals and turn them into law.

The measure is awaiting action by the Senate, and would make it a felony to trespass on Michigan’s major bridges by designating them "key facilities."

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission will not publicly release memos that it discussed behind closed doors during an October meeting. It follows a month of intense criticism.

It says schools cannot teach curricula that say the U.S. is fundamentally racist, that a person's character is determined by race, or that anyone is automatically oppressed or oppressive by virtue of race.

A state lawmaker says people with low-level marijuana convictions from before 2018 should not be blocked from joining the business now that it’s legal.

Updated 12/21/2020 10:30 a.m.The Michigan House has approved a COVID-19 relief bill that includes a pay boost for workers on the front lines of dealing…

With nearly 20 days to go until the November election recent polls show Democratic Senator Gary Peters and Republican challenger John James as neck and…

The state Senate returns Thursday after the Michigan Supreme Court declared many of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 executive orders…

The Legislature will meet Tuesday to vote on a resolution to extend the emergency powers Governor Gretchen Whitmer invoked to address the COVID-19…