After several delays and a host of amendments, the Democratic-led Michigan House on early Thursday morning passed financial disclosure legislation for elected officials that they’re required to have on the governor’s desk by the end of the year as part of a state constitutional amendment voters approved in 2022.
A slate of bills from the Senate’s “clean energy future plan” are set to move to the governor’s desk after further consideration from the House and Senate.
Some United Auto Workers (UAW) affected by the nearly seven-week strike against the Detroit Three automakers have begun the voting process to sound off on the set of tentative agreements with Ford Motor Co., Stellantis and General Motors.
Less than two months ago, Michigan’s Address Confidentiality Program launched and interest and support for it is strong, Program Coordinator Karen Hall told the Michigan Domestic & Sexual Violence Prevention & Treatment Board at their meeting Friday.
With the 2024 election looming on the horizon, the Michigan House of Representatives took votes Wednesday on bills addressing threats against election workers and creating restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence in political advertisements.
Following reported increases in hate crimes by both the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) amid violence in Israel and Gaza, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel encouraged the public, as well as other law enforcement agencies, to contact her office’s Hate Crimes Unit if they are a victim of, or have knowledge about, a hate-motivated crime.
BY KEN COLEMAN, MICHIGAN ADVANCE As an escalating workers’ strike heads toward its sixth week, about 5,000 union members at General Motors’ Arlington Assembly in Texas on Tuesday joined the United Auto Workers (UAW) walkout against the Detroit Three. The UAW...
US Sen. Gary Peters (D-Michigan) has joined 31 other U.S. senators calling on Congress to extend funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) which provides financial assistance for high-speed internet access to more than 21 million families across the country, including more than 800,000 families in Michigan.
The Board of State Canvassers approved two petitions and deadlocked on another in a Friday special meeting.
As the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against the Detroit Three automakers stretches into its fifth week, President Shawn Fain said Friday afternoon that the union “has cards left to play” in negotiations.
