Michigan politics

Michigan and Massachusetts are the only states where citizens cannot submit a Freedom of Information Act request to collect records from their executive and legislative branches.

State officials have reduced their expectations for tax revenue growth, which will require austerity budgeting heading into the next fiscal year.

As part of his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor, Tom Leonard released a plan he says is meant to prioritize Michigan families over utility companies.

Protesters, including U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald, D-Bay City, called for more transparency after President Trump said Saturday that his administration plans to "run" Venezuela temporarily.

Rank MI Vote, the grassroots organization pushing for a ballot initiative to establish ranked choice voting in Michigan, has paused its statewide efforts to get that measure on the 2026 ballot.

The Democratic-led Michigan Senate has voted to restore most of the $645 million in state funding that a Republican-led House committee unilaterally canceled last week.

A bipartisan pair of Michigan representatives is sponsoring legislation that would pilot a state childcare affordability program on the federal level.

The early numbers provide insight into the state of primary races in the Saginaw Bay region at around the halfway mark in the lead up to election night on Feb. 3.

Guidance from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says absentee ballots with mismatched or missing identifying numbers can be counted as challenged ballots. The court struck that down.

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, who acknowledged orchestrating political robocalls to suppress the Detroit vote, were formally sentenced Monday to one year of probation.