Michigan Senate

Public employers in Michigan would have to share employee contact information with unions under a bill that passed the Michigan Senate Thursday.

The Michigan Senate has adopted a set of long-debated gun safety bills.

Several pieces of gun-related legislation are headed to the full Michigan Senate after the bills advanced out of committee Thursday.

Michigan tax filers will not receive $180 checks under a sweeping tax proposal passed by the state Senate late Tuesday night, advancing the bills to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk without a key promise in the start of her second-term.

The Michigan Senate on Thursday adopted a proposal along party lines to send rebate checks to taxpayers and expand the earned income tax credit.

A bill to prevent Michigan third graders who struggle with reading from being held back could make it out of the Michigan Senate as soon as Wednesday.

The state Senate approved $1.5 million for Michigan’s redistricting commission Wednesday as part of a broader year-end book closing budget package. The commission says it’s already spent around $432,000 since its budget money ran out in October.

The Michigan Senate passed spending bills totaling about $220 million Wednesday to close the books on the last fiscal year. One deals with general government spending. The other deals with education.

Michigan’s new state legislative session begins this week with the Democratic party at the helm.

On their first day back after winning control of the Legislature, Michigan Democrats predicted large scale policies will have to wait until next year.