Curtis Hertel

A Michigan Democratic Party convention this weekend chose veteran politician Curtis Hertel Jr. to be its new chair. Rick Pluta has more.

Candidates to become the next Michigan Democratic Party chair are taking their message around the state. Colin Jackson has more.

Republican party leaders claim the Michigan election is trending their way as the clock winds down ahead of Election Day. Colin Jackson has more.

After months of speculation, the race for Lansing’s open congressional seat has its first contestants. Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan lawmakers have gone home -- likely for the last time this year -- without reaching an agreement on a spending package that would have totaled close to $500 million. Colin Jackson has more.

The Michigan Legislature is on a three-week summer recess after finalizing budget bills and sending them to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s desk. But lawmakers’ work on spending plans is not over with several billion dollars still waiting in the bank. We have more from Rick Pluta.

State Senate Democrats tried to force a floor vote on gun safety bills Wednesday -- one day after a school shooting in Texas left 19 students and two teachers dead. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Michigan Legislature is proposing more than $2.5 billion in tax cuts. Colin Jackson has more.

The Michigan Senate passed a bill package Wednesday to tighten up the state’s tracking of child abuse cases. Michigan Public Radio’s Colin Jackson has more.

A divided Michigan Senate, on Thursday, approved bills that lower the state’s individual and corporate income taxes. As Colin Jackson reports, the bills would drop tax rates below 4%.