- Bridge reporter Jordyn Hermani discusses the Michigan Legislature’s historically slow pace on WJR’s ‘All Talk with Kevin Dietz’
- Through the first three months of 2026, legislators sent Gov. Gretchen Whitmer a total of seven bills to sign into law
- The WJR collaboration is part of Bridge Listens. We are asking readers to nominate their top 2026 election issues in this form
Bridge Michigan reporter Jordyn Hermani sat down with WJR-760 this week to discuss another historically slow start for the state’s politically divided Legislature, where lawmakers finalized seven bills in three first months of the year.
She joined “All Talk with Kevin Dietz” on Wednesday as part of an ongoing election-year collaboration between Bridge and WJR.
You can watch WJR-760 All Talk here.
The collaboration — known as “Election 2026 Coverage that Matters to Michigan” — is part of Bridge Listens, a yearlong effort to help identify and discuss the top election issues in Michigan before the 2026 election.
As Hermani reported, with seven bills sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer through the end of March, the Legislature was working at its slowest pace in an even-numbered year this century, according to a review by Bridge Michigan.
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The second year of a two-year session is typically more productive, because lawmakers have already introduced bills and begun debate.
Much like last year, “we’re seeing these lawmakers who are locked into fierce partisan, personal battles,” Hermani said.
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