Legislative Democrats rolled out bills today to toughen Michigan’s pollution cleanup standards and force businesses that caused contamination to foot the bill.

More than 1.4 million Michiganders receive food assistance through SNAP, and more than half of those are families with kids.

The legislation would require lawmakers to publicly submit spending requests for the upcoming budget by April each year.

A bill to outlaw gun bump stocks, which allow users to fire multiple rounds with a single trigger squeeze, is awaiting a floor vote in the Michigan Senate.

Michigan House Republicans and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson are headed to court in a fight over access to election-related materials and legislative oversight. The House GOP majority filed a lawsuit seeking an order for the Democratic Secretary of State to fully comply with a legislative subpoena. Plus, blowing past a July 1st state budget deadline.

Supporters say roadside saliva testing for prohibited drugs will make the roads safer. Detractors say the proposed system is ripe for abuse.

The Environmental Law and Policy Center says it successfully requested changes to a pipeline company's right-of-way renewal permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Michigan House Republicans and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson are headed to court in a fight over access to election-related materials and legislative oversight.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking a judge to reconsider part of an earlier ruling on abortion rights.

Consumers Energy, which just began receiving $150 million from its last effort to raise rates, filed the largest rate hike request in about 20 years, for $436 million.