Michigan Republicans

Michigan officials Wednesday unveiled an $88.1 billion proposal for the next state budget. Rick Pluta and Colin Jackson have more in this joint report.

Michigan’s Secretary of State responded to the president’s calls for Republicans to “nationalize” voting during a speech in Detroit Thursday. Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan’s four living former governors appeared together Wednesday to call for more civility in politics and elections as part of an effort to alter the turn toward coarseness and sometimes violence. We have more from Rick Pluta.

We are a country divided. The tone and tenor of political discourse is divisive, mean-spirited and the business of effectively legislating is being compromised. An event in Lansing on Wednesday will bring together the four living former Michigan governors to call for a more civil approach to governing and in how we interact in our communities. Republicans John Engler and Rick Snyder will join Democrats Jim Blanchard and Jennifer Granholm to ask that we turn the political temperature down, so problems can be solved in a civil manner. WEMU's David Fair was joined by one of the organizers of the event, Rebekah Warren. She is a former Ann Arbor State Senator, who now co-leads a bi-partisan group called Michiganders for Civic Resilience.

Michigan’s Secretary of State is releasing the findings of her investigation into claims of non-citizens being registered to vote in Macomb County. Colin Jackson has more.

A bill that would require schools to come up with policies to ban personal electronic devices in classrooms is on its way to Governor Gretchen Whitmer. We have more from Rick Pluta.

Democratic attorneys general from Michigan and a couple other states looked back on some of their lawsuits against the Trump administration Wednesday as President Donald Trump marks one year in office. Colin Jackson has more.

This week marks one full year since President Donald Trump began his second term in office. Colin Jackson has more on what his economic vision has meant for Michiganders.

Republican House Speaker Matt Hall says the boosting the economy, improving education and cutting spending top his to do-list list in 2026. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A Michigan Court of Claims judge will hear arguments today on disputed spending in the state budget that legislative Republicans want stopped. We have more from Rick Pluta.