Last year, Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall supported a push to expand the state’s Freedom of Information Act. This year, he’s blocking it.
Jordyn Hermani
As part of the Capitol team, Jordyn Hermani covers state policy and politics, tracking the Legislature, the state budget and elections. Before joining Bridge, she wrote for MLive as its statewide politics and culture reporter and for Gongwer Michigan as its state House reporter.
A 2018 graduate of Central Michigan University, Jordyn lives in Lansing with her husband and two cats.
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Michigan House: SNAP help available ‘week to week’ as shutdown continues
Michigan lawmakers aren’t ruling out further food aid dollars as the federal government resumes issuing partial SNAP benefits Saturday.
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Michigan program for troubled girls is closing. Officials fear more will follow
Vista Maria’s 50-year-old child treatment program is closing. Some see it as a dire warning for youth rehabilitation services in Michigan.
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In a Democratic stronghold, a GOP edge: The only candidate on the ballot
Michigan Democrats are sounding alarms over an election clerk race in Southfield, where a Republican who challenged 2020 election results is the only candidate on the ballot.
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Michigan court: House GOP must send blocked bills to Whitmer
A Michigan Court of Appeals panel rules House Republicans must send Gov. Gretchen Whitmer nine bills passed last year, including pension and health care measures backed by labor groups.
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After Gotion and SOAR, Michigan eyes overhaul of corporate subsidy strategy
With failure of large-scale incentives, Lansing now looks to what could be effective job-growth tools.
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Feds deny Michigan request for homeowner aid following ice storm
FEMA has denied Michigan’s request for utility, home repair aid following March 2025’s historic ice storm. State officials called it disappointing.
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After billion-robocall barrage, Michigan lawmakers eye crackdown
With robocalls and spam texts on the rise, a new Michigan plan proposes fines of up to $100,000 and disclosure requirements.
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Michigan: Gotion battery plant plan is dead after years of controversy
A proposed $2.4 electric vehicle battery plant near Big Rapids has been beset over by lawsuit and questions about its ties to Communist China. It’s the second big-ticket project to die in the past few months.
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Michigan Senate votes to hike hunting and fishing fees
Michigan Senators approves fee increases for hunting, fishing licenses. House leader opposed past attempts.