Rick Pluta
Capitol Bureau Chief and ReporterRick Pluta is the Capitol Bureau Chief for the Michigan Public Radio Network. He is heard daily on WCMU's Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
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Partial recounts of ballots cast in the November election begins tomorrow, but with no realistic possibility of changing the results. -
The Legislature is heading into the “lame duck” session that’s expected to wrap up in the next couple of weeks.
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Michigan congressman Fred Upton is calling it quits. His district evaporated with new lines after Michigan lost a seat in Congress.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, won a second term over Republican Tudor Dixon. Voters also acted to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution.
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More than a million absentee ballots have been dropped off by voters with local clerks. Preparing to count those votes is just one of the challenges facing local officials heading into election day next Tuesday.
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A new state rule would set minimum rates for attorneys who represent indigent defendants. It complies with recommendations made by the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon says she’d ban teachers in Michigan from exposing students in grades K-3 to curricula dealing with sex ed, sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Republican candidate for governor Tudor Dixon called on the state schools superintendent to quit Tuesday over a training program that helps teachers working with LGBTQ students.
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Bridget McCormack, chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, says she will quit by the end of the year.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive directive on Monday that instructs state departments and agencies to develop plans to use federal recovery funds to improve broadband internet service in Michigan.
