Michigan lawmakers must finalize disclosure rules for lawmakers, statewide officials and candidates for those offices before the end of the year. Critics of the bills say they don’t go nearly far enough.
Thursday’s session is expected to be the last day Michigan lawmakers will meet for the year. Republicans question why Dems want early shutdown when there’s much to do on roads, education and other issues.
Two House Democrats are vacating their seats for local mayoral positions after election victories Tuesday. Their departures will, at least temporarily, strip Democrats of their two-seat majority.
Michigan marijuana retailers got bad news this week when voters in four metro Detroit communities opposed new stores in their communities while Ohio voters approved recreational marijuana — a decision that could eventually hurt pot shops in southern Michigan.
The ranked-choice voting system, which allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference, passed in Kalamazoo, East Lansing and Royal Oak Tuesday. But its use requires a change in state law.
In a party-line vote, the Senate passed bills that establish statewide permitting rules for large renewable energy developments, an end-run around local efforts to block wind and solar proposals in Michigan. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign the legislation.
Voters in Green Charter Township recalled the board members after they approved the secretive battery plant deal, which critics said raised national security and environmental concerns.
The Patmos Library in Ottawa County was ground zero for a culture war over LGBTQ-themed books. After losing funding votes twice, voters approved support Tuesday to keep it open
