Hear about the testy special session where lawmakers advanced bills to limit the Governor's emergency powers, along party lines, and created an oversight committee into the state's COVID-19 response efforts.
Legislators wore homemade masks and went through temperature screening before entering the Capitol for the second time under the stay-at-home order. Republican leaders from both chambers called lawmakers back to Lansing on short notice to vote on an oversight committee into the state’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Along with the presidential primary on Tuesday, voters have a number of proposals to consider.
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WKAR's Scott Pohl reports on a land sale proposal in East Lansing and millage proposals for Ingham County Parks and the Potter Park Zoo.
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WKAR's Kevin Lavery reports on proposals to re-authorize the Ingham County health services millage and to restore a special education funding millage to its original authorization.
Michigan State University is considering implementing a fall break into its academic calender to give students time to vote. But, critics of the proposal believe that a fall break could lead to lower turnout at the polls in 2020.
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Hear about MSU's pilot fall break program that could impact whether or not student's are on campus for the 2020 election.
Hundreds of people crowded into a Grand Traverse Pie Company in East Lansing on Wednesday for Representative Elissa Slotkin’s (MI-08) first in-district public event since she announced she was joining calls for an impeachment inquiry last week.
The Republican-led Michigan Legislature on Thursday gave final approval to a K-12 budget that would boost base per-student funding for most schools by $240, or 3%.
