Michigan politics

Former President Donald Trump’s Georgia indictment for racketeering charges is highlighting Michigan’s role in the alleged plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Michigan House Democrats introduced a resolution Thursday to investigate possible ethics violations by former speaker of the House, Lee Chatfield.

A $4.8 billion budget bill that includes spending on water cleanup, infrastructure and expanded broadband internet is on its way to Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

A new initiative is trying to elect the first ever Black woman or nonbinary person to serve as Michigan's governor, U.S. senator and mayor of Detroit.

A pair of bills in the state legislature could offer survivors of criminal acts some relief from having to relive the traumatic events that landed their perpetrator in prison.

The Michigan state House Health Policy Committee has approved a bill to allow people to try experimental COVID-19 treatments.

Much of the budget surplus is due to federal recovery funds and COVID-related changes in spending patterns.

The House Elections and Ethics Committee has on its Tuesday agenda a package of three bills, one of which would ban mailing unsolicited absentee voter applications.

Republicans say the bills are part of an effort to make voting more secure. Democrats blasted back that the measures part of a larger effort to make voting harder.

Many Michigan drivers now have more time before their licenses expire.Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed bills this week to extend expiration dates…