oversight

Michigan House Republicans and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson are headed to court in a fight over access to election-related materials and legislative oversight. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A Michigan House Republican lawmaker introduced an impeachment resolution against Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson Tuesday. Colin Jackson has more.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has asked the state House Oversight Committee to narrow the scope of a subpoena seeking election-related materials. Rick Pluta reports.

Michigan Republican House leadership is pouring cold water on the prospects for a “Freedom of Information Act” expansion. Colin Jackson reports.

The new Michigan House Oversight Committee chair says he hopes to see more investigations into state agencies during his tenure. Colin Jackson has more.

Republicans formally took control of the state House Wednesday after winning majority in the November election. One of the chamber’s first actions was to give the House Oversight Committee broad power to subpoena state officials to testify. Rick Pluta has more.

Michigan bills heading for the full state Senate would stop education management organizations from new leases or property sales to the charter schools that they run. Colin Jackson has more on the bills meant to promote oversight of the schools.

Michigan legislation to increase state oversight of children in the workforce is receiving a committee hearing today. Colin Jackson has more.

Kevin Karpiak is a criminology professor at EMU and the principal investigator of the research team. He says very few people are even aware that these oversight boards exist, much less how they work. WEMU's Josh Hakala reports.

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.