
Colin Jackson
Colin Jackson is the Capitol reporter for the Michigan Public Radio Network.
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After months of waiting, the Michigan House passed the rest of its roughly $78 billion state budget proposal Tuesday. Colin Jackson has more.
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Bills passed in the Michigan Senate Tuesday would raise fees for dumping certain types of hazardous waste in the state. Colin Jackson has more.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer is meeting with the Democratic leader of the Michigan Senate and Republican Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives today to discuss the budget.
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Some Democratic Michigan lawmakers are trying to keep out-of-state national guard troops from entering Michigan without the required permissions. Colin Jackson has more.
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Both leaders of the Michigan Legislature say they’d support withholding lawmakers' pay if the state goes into a government shutdown. Michigan Public Radio’s Colin Jackson has more.
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Michigan’s attorney general is signing onto another multi-state lawsuit against the Trump administration. This time, it’s over new U.S. Department of Justice requirements for states and groups that receive funding from the federal Victims of Crime Act. Colin Jackson reports.
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Michigan is joining over a dozen other states in suing the U.S. Department of Energy over a policy directive sent out earlier this year. Colin Jackson has more.
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Michigan kids are going back to school soon, and districts still don’t know how much state funding they'll get for the new year. Colin Jackson has more on how state legislative leadership is responding.
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On Tuesday, a Michigan Senate committee voted out bills to ban creating AI-generated sexual content of real people without their consent. Colin Jackson has more.
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A bill scheduled for a committee hearing today in the Michigan Senate would put more resources into a program that helps pregnant and new mothers. Colin Jackson has more.