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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....
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