Michigan Legislature

Lawmakers in the Republican-led chamber took the opportunity to pass some final legislative priorities as well as possible longshots in the Democratic-controlled state Senate.

The bills would allow life sentences for first- through third-degree criminal sexual conduct and set mandatory minimums for the crimes.

Americans for Citizen Voting was denied from the ballot over invalid signatures

In recent years, Michigan has expanded its free school meal program, spent more on schools and literacy coaches, and changed its literacy curriculum. Still, test scores are down.

Michigan has two programs that offer two years of free community college tuition.

Momentum is building toward stricter regulation for license plate readers — including Flock Safety cameras.

Some Michigan House Republicans are calling for an end to an exception in state law that could block some parents from seeing their kids’ medical records.

Proposal 1 will ask voters if they’d like to rewrite the entire state constitution.

A bill that would ban the practice of using data from a consumer's shopping behavior as a factor in setting insurance rates has passed the Michigan Senate.

Hours after court rulings cleared the way for nine long-delayed bills championed by Democratic legislators to be delivered to Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Whitmer vetoed all of them.