A special election to fill the vacancy in the Michigan Senate's competitive 35th District could sway the power dynamic in Lansing.

LANSING, Mich. - The fight over $645 million in cuts made by the Michigan House continues as the Michigan Senate moved Tuesday to restore that funding.The Senat ...

House GOP, with five Republican senators joining Democrats in trying to reverse an action by the House Appropriations Committee that sparked outrage. The legislation now moves to the House ...

Michigan lawmakers signed a record low number of bills in 2025, with Governor Whitmer signing 74 new public acts, ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) for the Michigan Senate race. Stevens is one of several Democrats running to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) in the ...

WDET’s Cheyna Roth and Gongwer News Service’s Zach Gorchow and Alethia Kasben discuss the major stories and look ahead to ...

House Speaker Matt Hall has touted the low level of law production in 2025 and has said he will try to create even fewer new ...

Former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers holds a considerable lead over several Democratic candidates in Michigan’s open 2026 Senate race, according to new polling. The survey, conducted on behalf of the ...

Detroit — A state judge will rule in the coming days on a dispute between the Republican-controlled Michigan House and Democrat-led Senate over the fate of nine bills that the last Legislature failed ...

Michigan’s minimum wage will increase by 10% starting Jan. 1. The jump from the current minimum wage of $12.48 an hour to $13 ...

Throughout 2025, AG Dana Nessel regularly joined other AGs in taking legal actions against the Trump administration and its ...

Michigan's minimum wage increased to $13.73 an hour to start 2026, up from $12.48 last year, under a bipartisan law. The rate ...