The Michigan Senate

After nearly 30 years, the Michigan Sentencing Commission has reconvened to modernize the state's criminal justice system and advise lawmakers on updates to sentencing guidelines.

The Senate plan would raise spending, even as the state faces a revenue shortfall. It also comes in around $12 billion over the state House's spending target.

Polling shows the Democratic U.S. Senate primary race is close between state Senator Mallory McMorrow, Congresswoman Haley Stevens, and former Wayne County Health Director Abdul El-Sayed.

The state Senate is suing the state House over nine bills that are in limbo after they passed both chambers of the Legislature but were never sent to the governor to sign.

The Michigan Senate's Democratic majority passed a resolution urging the Trump administration to reverse moves it says have caused energy costs to spike, like starting a war with Iran and rolling back clean energy policies.

Bill sponsors say they're responding to courts raising questions about the constitutionality of Michigan's current terroristic threatening law.

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down bans on same-sex marriage in 2015, but Michigan's (unenforceable) ban remains on the books because it can only be repealed by voters.

Voters in Midland, Bay and Saginaw counties are heading to the polls Tuesday for a special election primary to fill an open state Senate seat.

Federal law requires most private insurance plans (and Medicaid) to cover many types of contraception, including drugs that require a prescription. But over-the-counter birth control drugs aren't included. Bills introduced in the state Senate this week would change that.

Michigan legislation to ban the open and unlicensed carry of guns from polling locations passed the state Senate Thursday.