Carrie Rheingans

State Representative Carrie Rheingans introduced a rent control bill into the state Legislature last month. Now, the Democrat from Ann Arbor is facing a rent hike from her landlord. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

Michigan lawmakers are renewing an effort to give physician’s assistants, or PAs for short, more authority. Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan House lawmakers are renewing the effort to ban co-pay accumulator programs. That’s language in some health plans that stops copay assistance payments from counting toward a patient’s deductible. Colin Jackson has more.

A state House committee voted Tuesday for a bill to add Michigan to a compact of states that would change presidential politics. Each state would automatically cast their presidential elector votes for the winner of the national popular vote. We have more from Rick Pluta.

An effort in Lansing could change the way the Electoral College operates. WEMU's Josh Hakala reports.

There's a new 47th State house seat in Lansing that is a mix of urban and rural areas that stretch from Ann Arbor to Jackson County. WEMU's Cathy Shafran looks at contested races on both sides of the political aisle.

Even with health insurance, about twenty percent of Americans have trouble paying for medical treatment, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation and New…