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Legislature Passes Item-Pricing Repeal
(Lansing-WWJ) The Michigan Legislature has given final approval to a bill repealing Michigan’s unique item-pricing law, sending the measure to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk for his expected signature. The...
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Mich. Lawmakers Debate Domestic Partner Benefits
LANSING (AP) – Republicans in the Michigan Legislature may make another attempt to block the offering of taxpayer-paid health insurance to domestic partners or other unrelated adults living with public...
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State Senate Approves Pledge Of Allegiance Bill
LANSING (WWJ/AP) – The Michigan Legislature has passed legislation requiring every state public school classroom to have a U.S. flag and schools provide an opportunity for students to recite the Pledge...
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Senate Passes Bills To Create Transit Authority
LANSING (AP) - The Michigan Senate has passed bills that allow the creation of an authority for public transportation in the Detroit area. The Southeast Michigan Regional Transportation Authority Act...
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Republican Leaders Plan Right-To-Work Discussion In Lansing
By Jeff Karoub Associated Press LANSING (AP) – The Republican leaders of the Michigan Senate and House planned to meet with Gov. Rick Snyder later Tuesday to discuss, among other things, whether to...
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Legislative Session Deals With Flood Of Issues
LANSING (WWJ/AP) - It may take days, weeks or even longer to sort out the avalanche of bills enacted in the Michigan Legislature’s lame-duck session, as majority Republicans put their stamp on policies...
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Poll: Snyder’s Approval Rating Still Down After Right To Work
DETROIT (CBS Detroit) As he wades through the emergency manager controversy in Detroit, Gov. Rick Snyder is still suffering in public opinion from his hard-line stance on right to work. Public Policy...
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Authority Starts Work On Detroit-Area Transit Plan
LANSING (AP) - A 10-member board has started work on coordinating public transportation in parts of southeastern Michigan. The state’s Licensing and Regulatory Affairs office says an orientation...
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Snyder Sign Bills To Keep 0.08 Blood Alcohol Limit
LANSING (WWJ/AP) – Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation to prevent a scheduled rise in Michigan’s blood-alcohol content limit for drivers after it passed in the Michigan Legislature by a unanimous...
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Michigan Legislature Adjourns For The Year
LANSING (WWJ/AP) – A flurry of activity for lawmakers in Lansing, passing a number of bills on their last working day of 2013. The Michigan Legislature has now adjourned for the year and lawmakers are...
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New Turn Signal For Cyclists In Snyder’s Hands
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan bicyclists will likely get another way to signal a right turn. The state Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to legislation giving bicyclists the option of signaling...
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Governor Snyder May Ask Legislature To Help Detroit Save Art, Aid Pensioners
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder met with Michigan lawmakers Thursday to discuss the possibility of contributing state money to shore up Detroit’s pension plans and...
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Group Pushes For Part-Time Michigan Legislature
LANSING (WWJ) – Should the Michigan legislature be cut to part-time? That’s the question being considered by an advocacy group that wants to see lawmakers moved into one 60-day legislative session —...
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Mich. House Speaker: Unions Need To Pay Part Of Bankruptcy Settlement
DETROIT (WWJ) – Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger released a statement Friday saying that Detroit employee unions should contribute to the city’s bankruptcy settlement plan if they expect $350 million...
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Mayor Duggan: ‘We’re On Our Way’ After MI House Approves Detroit Bankruptcy...
DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is breathing a sigh of relief after passage of the Michigan House bill that helps settle the city’s bankruptcy. Mayor Duggan could barely contain his...
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Battle Wages In State Legislature To Require Training For Security Guards
LANSING (WWJ) – An effort to require training for security guards in Michigan stalled in the state legislature and one of the sponsors isn’t happy about it. The bill was sparked by the death of a...
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Roads Top Michigan Legislature’s Lame-Duck Agenda
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press LANSING (AP) — Michigan lawmakers have three weeks left in their lame-duck session to enact a potentially wide-ranging assortment of bills, topped by the most pressing...
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New Michigan Legislature’s Early Agenda Depends On May Vote
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press LANSING (AP) — Republicans with bolstered majorities in the Legislature will commence a two-year session with the familiar routine of swearings-in, Gov. Rick Snyder’s...
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Bill Would Empower Michigan Legislature To Issue Subpoenas
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – The Michigan legislature would have subpoena power over local governments under legislation approved by the House. Bill sponsor Republican Rep. Ed McBroom says the change approved...
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Michigan Looks To Create Tax-Free Accounts For Disabled
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – The Michigan Legislature is voting to let residents with disabilities open tax-free savings accounts to pay for long-term needs such as education and housing. The accounts would...
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Michigan Legislature OKs Roads Plan With Gas, Fee Hikes
By DAVID EGGERT/Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (WWJ/AP) – The Michigan Legislature narrowly approved a plan to boost road spending late Tuesday, a major step toward resolution on the issue after...
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Bills To Protect Student Data Advance In Legislature
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Student data would be protected under legislation progressing in the Michigan Legislature. The Senate voted unanimously Wednesday for two bills the sponsor says are designed to...
View ArticleVoter Information for Next Week’s Michigan Primary Election
CBS Detroit – The Michigan primary is next Tuesday, August 4th. While the presidential primary has already taken place in March, there are some key spots up for grabs. According to the Detroit Free...
View ArticleMichigan Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Constitutionality of Gov. Whitmer’s...
CBS Detroit – The Michigan Supreme Court heard oral arguments today to determine if Governor Whitmer has the authority to continue the state of emergency without the approval of the Legislature. In a...
View ArticleMichigan Legislature OKs Unemployment, Legal Liability Bills
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Legislature early Wednesday passed a bill to keep intact longer-lasting unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic after the state Supreme Court declared...
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Michigan Legislature Approves Major Boost In K-12 Funding
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a $17.1 billion K-12 budget, one that will eliminate a longstanding base per-student funding gap among districts and boost...
View ArticleMichigan House Kills Law Whitmer Used For Virus Rules
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday killed a law that underpinned coronavirus restrictions issued by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, wiping it from the books after Michigan’s Supreme...
View ArticleLegislature Seeks To Limit Whitmer’s Use Of Alert System
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republicans who control the Michigan Legislature want to limit Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s ability to send statewide emergency alerts to wireless devices and broadcast stations except...
View ArticleMichigan Republicans OK Tougher Voting Rules; Whitmer To Veto
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan Legislature on Thursday approved tougher voter ID requirements and a ban against mass mailing of unsolicited absentee ballot applications, finalizing...
View ArticleMichigan Legislature OKs School Accounts Destined For Veto
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican lawmakers took final votes on veto-destined bills early on Wednesday, Oct. 27, that would let Michigan students attend private schools and pay other educational...
View ArticleMichigan Legislature Poised To OK $725M In COVID, Other aid
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers were poised Tuesday to approve an additional $841 million in spending on pandemic relief and other things, including for coronavirus testing at schools and...
View ArticleMichigan Legislature Approves $841M In COVID, Other Aid
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers late Tuesday approved an additional $841 million in spending, primarily on pandemic relief, including for coronavirus testing at schools and emergency...
View ArticleMichigan Legislature Gives OK To Tax Cuts; Gov. Whitmer Opposes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Legislature on Thursday gave final approval to a veto-destined bill that would cut Michigan’s income tax, expand tax exemptions for older people and largely...
View ArticleMichigan Bill Would Require Concealed Gun Processing In Emergencies
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Legislation headed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk would require county clerks to keep processing concealed pistol licenses during state-declared or locally declared emergencies....
View ArticleMichigan House Speaker: No Changes To Auto Insurance Law This Term
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Bills intended to fix a Michigan law that slashed auto insurance payments for crash survivors’ post-acute care are dead for the term, a key lawmaker said. House Speaker Jason...
View ArticleMichigan Legislature Approves Crime Victim Fund Expansion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Eligibility for a Michigan fund that reimburses crime victims and their survivors for health care costs and funeral expenses would be expanded under a bill passed Wednesday by the...
View ArticleMichigan Legislature Votes To Put Term Limits Proposal On Ballot
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Legislature voted Tuesday to put before voters a constitutional amendment to revise the state’s legislative term limits law and require state elected officials to...
View ArticleMichigan GOP Lawmaker Proposes Bill With 10-Year Prison Sentence For Abortion...
(CBS DETROIT) — A Michigan lawmaker is looking to create criminal penalties for abortion acts with a 10-year prison sentence and a $100,000 fine. State Rep. Steve Carra (R-Three Rivers) proposed his...
View ArticleMichigan Lawmakers OK Budget But Can’t Get Deal On Tax Cuts
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers approved a state budget early Friday that increases money for education but delayed a decision on how to cut taxes, unable to yet bridge disagreement between...
View ArticleJudge Strikes 2018 Michigan GOP Effort To Attack Minimum Wage Hike
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An effort by Republicans in the Michigan Legislature to weaken minimum wage and sick leave laws was declared unconstitutional Tuesday. A judge on the Court of Claims threw out...
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