Michigan State Legislature

A state House committee will hold its first hearing Tuesday on a bill to repeal the nearly two-decades-old law that requires schools to wait until after Labor Day to start classes unless they get permission from the state.

A state House committee adopted bills Thursday to restore some teacher union bargaining power as part of Michigan Democrats’ efforts to continue to undo decades of GOP labor policies.

Bills to provide more oversight during certain intimate medical exams received their first hearing before the Michigan House Health Policy Committee Thursday.

Democratic legislators are proposing using a portion of state sales tax revenue to create a $100 million fund to fight crime in Michigan’s most violent communities.

Bills to encourage reporting child and sex abuse and to outlaw using one’s influence to stop someone from reporting that abuse, passed the Michigan House Wednesday.

Protesters gathered at the Michigan State Capitol Wednesday urging legislators to pass bills to guarantee access to a state ID or driver's license regardless of immigration status.

The state House Elections Committee opened hearings Tuesday on a package of voting rights bills.

Michigan’s ban against racial discrimination would extend to “traits historically associated with race” under a bill that passed the Michigan Senate Tuesday.

Hearings on the Michigan Senate’s proposed clean energy plan could start next month.