The proposed Prescription Drug Affordability Board could cap costs if members decide the cost of a medication is preventing patients from receiving needed treatment.
Simon D. Schuster
Simon D. Schuster is a Capitol Reporter for Bridge Michigan. Simon joined Bridge Michigan in 2024 after working as MLive's senior political reporter and later covering politics on their investigative team. He spent three years tracking the influence of political money in Michigan as executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, a nonpartisan nonprofit. A Michigan native, Simon received a bachelor's and a master of public policy from Michigan State University, where he was a policy fellow at the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. Outside of work you'll find him in Detroit, backpacking northern Michigan or visiting his fiancée in Scandinavia. He lives in Lansing.
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Michigan proposal aims to stop political spending by DTE, Consumers
A bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers wants to get ‘corporate influence out of politics’ by banning political spending by utilities and government contractors. They face an uphill battle: A similar plan died last year.
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Michigan donors — and Gotion — pumped millions into Trump inauguration
A Chinese-linked company whose Michigan plans Trump bashed, along with Detroit automakers and members of the powerful DeVos family were among the donors to the president’s inauguration committee.
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Haley Stevens runs for US Senate, vowing to fight ‘Trump-Musk chaos agenda’
The race for Michigan’s open US Senate seat is heating up, as Democratic US Rep. Haley Stevens jumps in.
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Whitmer mum on ‘critical’ Michigan Senate seat. Critics blame politics
Nearly 300,000 Michiganders don’t have a state senator. And four months into the vacancy, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has given no indication when she plans to call a special election that could weaken Democrats in Lansing.
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Mallory McMorrow on Michigan US Senate run: ‘New leaders’ need to fix ‘mess’
McMorrow, an Oakland County Democrat, is the first high-profile candidate to enter the race to replace retiring US Sen. Gary Peters.
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Michigan lawmakers begin public pitches for earmarks under new transparency rule
Michigan lawmakers have added billions of dollars to recent budgets for pet projects in their districts. This year, new House rules require them to make their requests public first.
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Jocelyn Benson spent $9M on new transparency portal. Critics say it’s a mess
The multimillion-dollar new Michigan transparency portal is still a work in progress after its debut this month, state officials said.
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Amid China fears, GOP seeks to bar some nonresidents from buying Michigan land
Bills would bar residents of ‘countries of concern’ from buying land in much of Michigan. A sponsor says it would safeguard the state from infiltration. Critics say it’s blatant discrimination.
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Michigan House passes GOP roads package without Democratic counter-proposal in sight
House Republicans passed a $3.1 billion road funding package Wednesday that raises no new taxes but would force cuts to a number of state government programs