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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.
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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.
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A resolution to commemorate Pride Month was squashed in the Michigan House and Senate this week. As part of the weekly series MichMash...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bills that would add more transparency requirements for state agencies and local governments made it out of the Michigan House Oversight Committee Thursday.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer promises to sign a bill into law that would lower the minimum age from 18 to 17 for employees serving alcohol at restaurants or bars in Michigan.
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Bills awaiting a House vote would make it a misdemeanor to distribute, deliver, sell, or possess with intent to distribute products used to defraud an employer’s drug test.
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The Michigan Legislature’s Republican leaders say they want to step in to defend the state’s dormant abortion ban if Attorney General Dana Nessel won’t.