michigan house oversight committee

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.

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.

Bills that would add more transparency requirements for state agencies and local governments made it out of the Michigan House Oversight Committee Thursday. We have more from Colin Jackson.

A state House committee adopted two bills Tuesday to ensure that Michigan’s share of the national opioid settlement with drug manufacturers is used to treat addiction and diverted to other purposes. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A new state audit is highlighting problems within the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency during the pandemic. As Colin Jackson reports, the audit focuses the agency's on and offboarding process.

A dispute over fines issued for alleged COVID-19 workplace safety violations made its way to the state House Oversight Committee on Thursday. Colin Jackson has more.