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The Democratic-controlled Michigan Senate on Thursday approved measures to boost the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit and repeal Michigan’s so-called pension tax, bringing both longtime Democratic priorities one step closer to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk.

Prosecutors rested their case Thursday against two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Legislation to repeal Michigan’s “right-to-work” law and restore prevailing wage requirements is headed to the Senate—without any help from Republican lawmakers.

After phony signatures roiled the political campaigns of five gubernatorial candidates last year, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed felony charges against three people who are allegedly responsible for orchestrating the scheme.

President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law marked the largest long-term infrastructure investment in nearly a century. In Michigan, there’s a whole office to help make sure the federal cash is spent on more than just fixin’ the damn roads.

Experts think the conviction of two men for conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer leaves unanswered questions about the potential for violence by extremists with a vendetta against government and law enforcement.

Bipartisan state legislation signed this week will protect Michiganders from sexual assault by helping survivors maintain their privacy and ramping up the penalties for their abusers.

The chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court will step down by the end of 2022, leaving Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to pick a new justice to fill the term—at least through 2024.