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(MPRN-Lansing) When the Legislature reconvenes next week, two new faces will be added to the state House of Representatives. The Democrats in the House…
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(MPRN-Lansing) There are once again 110 members of the state House. A state elections board Thursday certified the results of special elections held last…
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(MPRN-Lansing) The state Legislature was back in session for its first day of voting yesterday. A crowd of protestors gathered to – quote – “reject the…
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The Legislature ends its summer recess this week and returns to Lansing. Governor Rick Snyder will have a to-do list waiting. Snyder hopes lawmakers will…
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(MPRN-Lansing) A former state lawmaker is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to let him run for another political office despite his promise not to. Former…
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State Senator Margaret O’Brien says female genital mutilation is horrific, and she says there is never a medical reason for it. The Kalamazoo County…
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(MPRN-Lansing) State spending plans are moving swiftly through the legislature. A number were voted on last week, many of them with deep cuts from what…
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Michigan is one of only 10 states with a full-time Legislature. But Gongwer News Service Editor Zach Gorchow says a combination of a part-time Legislature…
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(MPRN-Mackinac Island) The job of state lawmaker would be part-time under a ballot campaign launched Tuesday by Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley. The…
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(MPRN-Lansing) There were tears and hugs on the floor of the state House today as colleagues got word that state Representative John Kivela (D-Marquette)…