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The roughly $77 billion plan includes a $54.8 billion for state departments as well as a combined $22.1 billion for school aid, community colleges, and public universities.

Some Republican prosecutors also say they’re not bound by the Court of Claims order. But no abortion providers have been charged with violating the ban.

This week, the Michigan House of Representatives passed a resolution for “Pride Week,” but some lawmakers are worried about how much effort that took.

Republicans in the state Legislature have sponsored a bill that would impose penalties of up to 20 years in prison and thousands of dollars in fines on abortion providers.

Bills to pre-empt many future state and local COVID-19 emergency orders are expected to be voted out of a Republican-controlled state House committee Tuesday.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey has introduced SB 597, to transfer authority for mental health care from community mental health agencies to health insurance companies like Blue Cross and HAP. Mental health advocates say it would be a disaster for patients.

A resolution to commemorate Pride Month was squashed in the Michigan House and Senate this week. As part of the weekly series MichMash...

Because of the federal Fair Housing Act, as well as state and local laws, housing discrimination on the basis of categories including race, sex, religion and national origin is no longer legal.

It would include limiting the ability to issue sweeping emergency orders like the ones used by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to address the COVID-19 crisis.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer vetoed a bill Friday that was sent to her by the GOP-controlled Legislature to reduce the state’s income tax rate.