Rick Pluta

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is shaking up her cabinet heading into the new year.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is on a two-day business jaunt to Washington DC, where she has meetings set up with Biden administration officials and members of Michigan’s congressional delegation. A priority in sit-downs with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and other Biden administration officials will be winning more federal support for manufacturing semiconductors. The chips are critical to the auto industry and defense contractors.

A final push is underway to get the state Legislature to expand a tax break for working poor people before the end of the year.

The bipartisan Michigan Board of State Canvassers has certified the results of the statewide November elections in one of the final acts toward closing the books.

Elizabeth Clement is the new chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.

A report released today offers mixed news about the state of the economy heading into the new year. The report says employment in the state will probably remain steady through the middle of next year before the jobless rate ticks upward.

A new report from a commission convened by the Michigan Supreme Court calls for better ways to help people manage their debt before their cases wind up in the legal system.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she hopes this month’s election results are a rebuke of political violence and denialism.

The votes have been counted, but they’re still not official.

The Michigan Supreme Court has returned a challenge to the University of Michigan’s on-campus gun restrictions to a lower court.The unsigned court order instructs the Michigan Court of Appeals to consider whether the U-of-M policy violates a US Supreme Court decision. The US Supreme Court, in a case from New York, struck down many gun restrictions.