With less than a month remaining until new minimum wage and paid sick leave laws are set to take effect, the GOP-led Michigan House continued to fast track two bills that would roll back some of the changes.
Senate Democrats authorized legal action against House Republicans for withholding nine bills passed last session— accusing them of violating Michigan’s Constitution by delaying the legislation from reaching the governor’s desk.
Michigan’s Democratic secretary of state announced Wednesday that she is running to succeed Gretchen Whitmer as governor in 2026 as the party tries to find its footing after November’s significant losses in the battleground state.
A plan to provide more than $3.1 billion in road funding was rolled out Thursday by House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp.), who says it can be done with raising taxes.
The newly formed Michigan House Select Committee on Protecting Michigan Employees and Small Businesses was filled with workers from across the state who offered their support to bills to undo a mandate to phase out the tipped wage credit and set requirements for paid sick leave that are set to take effect Feb. 21.
As the state House of Representatives welcomed new Republican leadership to the chamber on Wednesday, the Democratic-led state Senate hit the ground running, introducing 15 bills, with some reviving key debates from the previous legislative session.
While funding for a copper mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula sits in limbo, opponents of the project have shared that a key proponent of the project dropped its support in July.
Democratic state lawmakers passed some big changes into law last year that were largely designed to make life better for Michigan workers, families, and communities.
Grocery stores across the state are shifting their egg supplies to accommodate newly enacted legislation that requires most eggs to come from cage-free housing systems.
Over the past two years, Michigan Democrats have used their majority control in both chambers of the state Legislature—and the governor’s office—to pass hundreds of bills
