emergency powers

Republican lawmakers have been working on a 30-bill emergency powers package for months. Now, the Senate oversight committee is advancing some of those bills to the full chamber. Colin Jackson has more.

Republican-sponsored bills to limit the state executive branch’s emergency powers made it out of the Michigan House Oversight Committee on Tuesday. Colin Jackson has more.

Bills to preempt many future state and local COVID-19 emergency orders are expected to be voted out of a Republican-controlled state House committee today. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A Republican-led state House committee held its first hearing Wednesday on bills to rein in executive branch crisis management powers, including the ability to issue sweeping emergency orders like the ones used by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to address the COVID-19 crisis. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Only one of about ten initiative petitions in circulation submitted signatures in time to appear on the November ballot. Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan House lawmakers on Thursday passed bills limiting the governor’s emergency powers. Colin Jackson has more.

The state’s Chief Medical Executive was among those who testified Monday before a joint House and Senate committee examining the state’s COVID-19…

The legislative committee looking into the state’s COVID-19 response meets again today. Top health officials in Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Sunday a court opinion that she exceeded her authority with a series of COVID-19 emergency orders will not be the final…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has extended the COVID-19 state of emergency through October 27th. As we hear from Rick Pluta, the governor also issued four new…