Michigan Democrats

The Michigan Legislature adjourned Thursday for the year, capping a session where a politically divided House and Senate often struggled to reach deals. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A state House committee held a hearing Wednesday on Republican-sponsored bills to repeal Michigan’s so-called “red flag” law. That law allows authorities to use a court order to seize guns from people deemed a risk to themselves or others. We have more from Rick Pluta

The Michigan Senate voted Tuesday evening to restore most of the funding that a House committee had canceled last week. As Colin Jackson explains, the Senate vote is the first step toward potentially undoing budget cuts by a House committee that bypassed the Senate and governor by using a rarely invoked section of state law.

Democrats in the Michigan Legislature are figuring out their next move following a sudden, unilateral action by the House Republican majority to cut $645 million out of the state budget. Rick Pluta has more.

Michigan House Democrats have introduced House Bills 5344-5354 that would make the vaccination rates of child care more accessible to parents. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has the details.

Ann Arbor State Representative Jason Morgan says he’s furious the House GOP has eliminated $650 million in appropriations through a rarely used procedure. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Michigan House Republicans are challenging a court ruling that they have to send nine bills adopted by the Legislature in the last session to Governor Gretchen Whitmer to sign or veto. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A new Title IX complaint alleges a Michigan high school wrongly let a transgender student compete on a volleyball team this past fall. Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan House Democrats are planning legislation to fight back against possible changes to federal vaccine guidance. Colin Jackson has more.

Local school board candidates in most Michigan communities appear on the ballot without party labels. Many people who serve on school boards say they like it that way because their major responsibilities don’t align with partisan agendas. But, as K-12 education has become more of a political flashpoint, an effort has launched in Lansing to have school board candidates show their blue or red primary colors. We have more from Rick Pluta.