As signature deadlines loom, groups are fighting to get noncitizen voting, campaign finance and property tax elimination proposals on the November ballot. Others already called it quits.
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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Suit: Michigan home for troubled girls a ‘house of horrors,’ rife with abuse
Six former residents of Vista Maria in metro Detroit say they suffered sexual, physical and psychological abuse there as girls.
Posted inMichigan Government
3 months, 7 bills: Michigan lawmakers moving slow as campaign season looms
Michigan faces significant challenges, but the politically divided Legislature isn’t agreeing on many bills. Again. Is this the new normal in Lansing?
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Michigan kids in mental health crisis sent out of state as facilities close
Michigan has a shrinking capacity for children and teens in severe psychological crises. Families are finding care hundreds of miles away, and a growing number of kids are sent away by courts.
Posted inMichigan Government
Gretchen Whitmer: Michigan to help businesses seek refunds on Trump tariffs
One year after ‘Liberation Day,’ Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says her administration will ‘help get refunds back to Michigan businesses’ that paid tariffs struck down by the US Supreme Court.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan GOP picks Anthony Forlini, Doug Lloyd for key spots on fall ballot
Experienced candidates top grassroots rivals in Michigan GOP races for secretary of state, attorney general.
Posted inMichigan Government
Political parties, not voters, to pick key Michigan candidates
Michigan is one just three states where political party conventions — rather than primary elections — decide nominees for consequential statewide posts like secretary of state and attorney general.
Posted inMichigan Government, Michigan Health Watch
Sparing 8,000 doctors, Michigan lawmakers reach medical compact deal
After months of gridlock, Michigan lawmakers say they finally have a deal to renew an interstate medical compact. Without it, 8,000 doctors could lose their ability to practice across state lines.
Posted inMichigan Government
Senate mulls giving Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban the boot
Citing fears of a Supreme Court reversal, same-sex marriage advocates are pushing to remove a dormant ban from Michigan’s books. Doing so would require a ballot proposal.
Posted inMichigan Government
As signature deadline looms, petition fraudster gets prison time in 2022 scandal
To make this year’s primary ballot, Michigan gubernatorial candidates must file signatures next month. A man whose fraud kept several hopefuls off the ballot in 2022 was sentenced Wednesday.