Michigan politics

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.

Proposal 1 is a question on whether to convene a new state constitutional convention. Proposal 2 asks whether to limit political donations from some utilities and large government contractors.

Vice President JD Vance spent most of his time attacking Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed during a rally in metro Detroit.

Michigan Democrats stressed party unity during their nominating convention Saturday in Lansing.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed held a rally at the University of Michigan in an effort to boost youth voter turnout and support for "Medicare for All."

House Republicans are creating a committee to investigate a state elections board after the board members deadlocked on whether to advance a petition campaign aimed at tightening Michigan's voter ID laws and requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.

At a pivotal moment for a proposal to encase a petroleum pipeline in a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac, opponents of the plan rallied at the Michigan Capitol.

A ballot question to tighten Michigan’s voter ID and registration laws barely missed its chance to get before voters Monday.The Michigan Board of State Canvassers refused to certify the proposed constitutional amendment to the November ballot. That’s after several of the petition signatures the campaign turned in were called into question.

GOP candidates for various statewide and local races formally accepted their nominations on Saturday for Michigan's November elections.

A petition to recall Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop was again denied earlier Monday by the Board of State Canvassers. This is the second recall petition against Bishop that was denied by the board.