Michigan Legislature

In a late-night session of the Legislature, Democrats tried to force votes to permanently repeal Michigan’s statutory abortion ban while Republicans said they’ll defend the ban in court.

After a session that stretched into the early morning Friday, the Michigan legislature has approved record-breaking budget for Fiscal Year 2023.

The sponsor of the bill says it would specifically target abortion providers and not women seeking to terminate a pregnancy. The bill would also outlaw contraceptives commonly known as “Plan B” or the “morning-after pill.”

Some Democratic Michigan lawmakers are discussing the challenges they’ve faced advocating for the LGBTQ community in the state Legislature.

The Michigan House Oversight Committee has advanced several bills that would restrict the emergency powers of multiple state agencies.

Unenforceable "whites only" language remains on the books in housing deeds across the country. A bill is advancing in Michigan to make it easier for residents to formally reject that discriminatory language.

A Republican-led state House committee held its first hearing Wednesday on bills to rein in executive branch crisis management powers, including the ability to issue sweeping emergency orders like the ones used by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to address the COVID-19 crisis.

Michigan’s Republican-led state Senate stalled action Tuesday on a resolution to recognize June of this year as “LGBTQ Pride Month” in the state.

State Senate Democrats tried to force a floor vote on gun safety bills Wednesday, one day after a school shooting in Texas left 19 students and two teachers dead.

A proposed constitutional amendment to replace Michigan’s current term limits is heading to the ballot this November.