Michigan politics

Incumbent John Moolenaar has won the GOP's nomination for Michigan's second congressional district. Unofficial results show Moolenaar has over 60% of the vote to defeat Tom Norton. Moolenaar will face Democrat Jerry Hilliard in the November general election.

Tom Norton, a former combat veteran from Kent county, says Republicans have failed over the last 30 years to deliver effective policies and accused them of not having a "backbone." Norton is challenging incumbent John Moolenaar, who is seeking his fifth term in the House of Representatives.

The Michigan Legislature wrapped up work on budget bills in a session that lasted through Thursday night and into early Friday morning.

Intermediate school districts would hire dedicated mental health and safety staff under a bipartisan package introduced this week in the Michigan House of Representatives.

This is the first redistricting process since voters approved a constitutional amendment that gave the job of map drawing to an independent commission instead of the state legislature.

Environmentalists in Genesee county said a proposed asphalt plant will harm an already vulnerable population of people.

Proposed bills in the state senate aim to prevent school districts from setting certain COVID-19 restrictions. Those restrictions include requiring the COVID vaccine and testing asymptomatic students for the virus.

The Republican-controlled Michigan Senate has approved a petition initiative to repeal the emergency powers law used by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in the…

The Michigan Senate voted Thursday, June 24 along party lines to end a $300 extended weekly unemployment benefit to people who lost their jobs due to the…

Almost all COVID-19 restrictions in Michigan will be lifted Tuesday, but that won’t put an end to arguments in Lansing about how the crisis was handled…