https://www.wcmu.org/tags/bills Bills en-US Copyright Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:00:30 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-17/mi-senate-moves-budget-bills-house-gop-outlines-plans The chair of the Senate appropriations committee says revenue is tighter this year, but she hopes to adopt a balanced budget without raising taxes. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:00:30 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-04-17/mi-senate-moves-budget-bills-house-gop-outlines-plans Rick Pluta https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-03-20/state-senate-passes-terroristic-threatening-bill Bill sponsors say they're responding to courts raising questions about the constitutionality of Michigan's current terroristic threatening law. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 03:00:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2026-03-20/state-senate-passes-terroristic-threatening-bill Colin Jackson https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-01-09/flint-residents-will-soon-get-help-with-outstanding-medical-debt The Flint city council Wednesday approved spending $50,000 to leverage state and private funding that could eliminate around $32 million in medical debt. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:10:18 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-01-09/flint-residents-will-soon-get-help-with-outstanding-medical-debt Steve Carmody https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-10-25/industry-opposition-partisan-politics-slow-state-polluter-pay-bills Advocates say election distractions, negotiations, and a slim Democratic majority in the Michigan House have kept a suite of polluter-pay bills stuck in committee. Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:25:41 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-10-25/industry-opposition-partisan-politics-slow-state-polluter-pay-bills Elinor Epperson https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-10-15/bill-would-help-stressed-drain-commissions-do-more-to-keep-flooding-out-of-roadways-homes-land State law limits maintenance of county drains to no more than $5,000 per mile — not nearly enough, according to Michigan drain commissioners. Tue, 15 Oct 2024 22:05:48 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-10-15/bill-would-help-stressed-drain-commissions-do-more-to-keep-flooding-out-of-roadways-homes-land Tracy Samilton https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-03-19/senate-sends-ivf-bills-to-whitmer-for-signature The bills would replace Michigan’ s 1988 state law that makes paying a woman to carry a pregnancy a crime. That would streamline the path for infertile couples to make surrogacy agreements. The bills passed the Senate on mostly party-line votes. Tue, 19 Mar 2024 23:44:52 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-03-19/senate-sends-ivf-bills-to-whitmer-for-signature Rick Pluta | MPRN https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-09-26/state-promotes-septic-maintenance-while-septic-bills-remain-in-limbo State and federal officials have been touting practices to maintain septic systems, as part of SepticSmart week, but bills in Lansing that propose to increase regulation on septic systems are still in limbo. Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:26:24 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-09-26/state-promotes-septic-maintenance-while-septic-bills-remain-in-limbo Teresa Homsi https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-07-11/whitmer-signs-last-of-sex-assault-prevention-bills Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed more bills that change how sexual assaults are dealt with in Michigan. Tue, 11 Jul 2023 21:31:01 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-07-11/whitmer-signs-last-of-sex-assault-prevention-bills Rick Pluta | MPRN https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-06-19/voting-rights-bills-moving-through-house-senate There's a partisan split over voting rights bills working their way through the Legislature. Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:17:56 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-06-19/voting-rights-bills-moving-through-house-senate Rick Pluta | MPRN https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-08-31/you-can-get-absurdly-low-credit-on-your-power-bill-as-reimbursement-for-a-power-outage People who lost power this week might be throwing out food and dealing with other costs. Wed, 31 Aug 2022 22:23:19 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-08-31/you-can-get-absurdly-low-credit-on-your-power-bill-as-reimbursement-for-a-power-outage Lester Graham