Michigan Legislature

Dozens with the group The Rent Is Too Damn High descended on the state capitol to call on Michigan lawmakers to pass a package of bills protecting renters.

The package of bills would allow automated cameras to ticket drivers speeding in construction zones.

Advocates say election distractions, negotiations, and a slim Democratic majority in the Michigan House have kept a suite of polluter-pay bills stuck in committee.

The Michigan Legislature pulled an all-nighter Wednesday through early Thursday to finalize the new state budget.

Landlords would be barred from discriminating against tenants or prospective tenants who use housing vouchers or other types of public assistance to pay the rent under bills adopted by the Legislature.

A bill to expand parole opportunities to more of Michigan’s medically frail inmates is on its way to Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Following a Supreme Court ruling that overturned a federal bump stock ban, state Sen. Dayna Polehanki introduced a bill to make it a felony to manufacture or sell the devices in Michigan.

Advocates called on state lawmakers to pass a series of stalled criminal justice reform bills during a rally in Lansing on Tuesday. Some pieces of the legislation include bills to end the practice of sentencing young people to life in prison without parole, allow for incarcerated people to shorten their prison terms by earning good time and productivity credits, and providing a chance for resentencing after ten years.

The state House adopted a bill Tuesday that would reduce the state’s contributions to the public school employee retirement fund.

Friske was arrested last week near a home he owns in Lansing. He participated in a candidate forum in Petoskey on Monday, sharing the stage with his opponents in the upcoming Republican Primary and November election.