Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

An advocacy group will soon begin collecting signatures to limit health emergencies to 28 days, then require lawmakers to sign off on orders. Health officials say that’s reckless.

Democrats, Republicans accuse the other of playing politics after President Joe Biden’s administration declines to investigate Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s rules.

The Republican-led House follows the lead of Senate colleagues, passes the Unlock Michigan petition drive to repeal emergency powers law.

The recently retired Detroit police chief says an announcement is likely around Labor Day, but tells Fox News 'I'm running.'

One of four Michigan residents are nonwhite. Two of 14 state representatives in Congress are people of color. As district maps get redrawn, advocates seek a greater voice.

Two GOP lawmakers say their plans cut bureaucracy and save millions of dollars. Some worry, though, that any reform that shifts care to the private sector or distant agencies will compromise vulnerable patients.

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission sought to extend a Sept. 17 deadline for redrawing political maps, noting that new U.S. Census population figures would not even be available to it until the end of September.

The House signature-matching provision was added as an amendment last month to a bill that’s main purpose is to do away with the option of voting without an ID by signing an affidavit.

Legislators want Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to resume “walk-in” service at branch offices. But Benson said House legislation is essentially satisfied by a “walk up” system in which customers can get an appointment, but perhaps not that day.

The measures come in response to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's controversial decision to shift her agency to an appointment-only system.

The Legislature misses a self-imposed deadline to adopt a budget for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. Gov. Whitmer says that puts $10 million in flood aid in limbo.

Schools will receive base funding of $8,700 per student across the state, a goal lawmakers have worked toward since 1994.

New bill offers free IDs to those who don’t have one, but requires elections clerks to match signatures for votes to count. Critics say that’s suppression.

The state’s redistricting panel has said it will not have enough time to complete the maps. But some justices expressed want to let the process play out.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says restaurants and venues can return to 100 percent capacity on Tuesday. Businesses say restrictions should have been lifted weeks ago.

The Senate bill ends the right for voters without ID to sign an affidavit. Republicans say it’s a small step to prevent fraud, which is exceedingly rare.

The state effort follows a similar bid for a bipartisan federal investigation and faces dim prospects by state Republicans, who call it a 'stunt'

The nation’s top mental health and medical associations oppose the practice, saying it is associated with depression, and puts youth at risk of suicide. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order cuts off government funding but the legislature would have to pass a law to ban the practice.

Should farmers get more clout in redistricting? Or churches? Those are among the ideas emerging from a statewide listening tour from a group charged with redrawing Michigan’s political districts.

Jocelyn Benson says her department still needs $25 million from the state to get through a backlog of appointments for car registrations and license transfers caused by the pandemic.