Michigan Legislature

The Michigan Legislature is heading into its “lame duck” session with a lot of questions on how much can get accomplished in the next couple of weeks before next year’s dramatic shakeup in partisan power.

Michigan Democrats chose their new House speaker and Senate majority leader on Thursday.

It's been 40 years since Michigan had a trifecta of a Democratic Governor, state House, and state Senate.

Michigan voters weighed in on the future of term limits in the state, passing Proposal 1 overwhelmingly in Tuesday's election.

Democratic leaders say the campaign strategy of putting an opponent's personal cell phone number on a campaign mailing is intended to encourage harassment of candidates, and it's working as intended.

For three and a half decades, Republicans have either run the agenda in Lansing or at least had veto power amid Democrats’ shifting fortunes. At no point since 1983 have Democrats simultaneously held the governor’s office, the state House and the Michigan Senate. But Democrats are cautiously eyeing the 2022 cycle as a tantalizing possibility for a long-awaited trifecta.

The midterm elections are less than a week and a half away and Democrats are hoping to take control of the Michigan Legislature.

Lawyer Todd Flood previously served in the Attorney General’s office. He said "criminal enterprise" is a serious charge that could carry a prison sentence.

Campaigns for Michigan’s state House and Senate have spent $29 million dollars on political ads in this election cycle so far. That’s the most in the nation, according to the group AdImpact.

A state fund meant to attract large-scale economic investment is set to receive a boost. That's after Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a billion-dollar spending bill into law Tuesday.