The Michigan Senate adopted a resolution opening the door to legal action against the Michigan House over nine bills passed last year stuck in limbo.

Sen. Aric Nesbitt, who represents Michigan's 20th Congressional District, was elected into office in 2019. In 2023, Nesbitt was named the Michigan Senate's Minority Leader. He declared his candidacy for the governor position earlier this month.

The mysteriously stalled measures normally would have been transported by Michigan House staff to the governor for either a signature or a veto.

From unemployment to call centers, the governor provided her rationale for rejecting over a dozen bills passed by Democrats last session.

With Republicans now controlling the Michigan House and Democrats still in charge of the Senate, many lawmakers opened this legislative session with talk of bipartisan solutions. However, tension between the chambers’ leaders has begun to boil over,

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announces her bid for governor, emphasizing service and efficiency.

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was presented with more bills on Wednesday, signing 19 into law after signing dozens more in the last seven days. Whitmer also signed 35 bills on Friday, Jan. 17 and signed another 16 bills on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed more than a dozen bills passed by the Democratic-led House and Senate during its drama-filled lame duck session last month. Among the legislation Whitmer rejected on Friday was a series of five bills that would have allowed the bipartisan Board of State Canvassers to codify the use of statistical random

Gretchen Whitmer called on Michigan lawmakers to create a research ... in the Michigan House of Representatives but passed on a party-line vote in the Michigan Senate against GOP opposition. The current state budget already set aside $60 million for ...

The Michigan House passed legislation to change the state's paid sick leave and minimum wage laws before court-ordered changes take effect next month.

The bill affecting restaurant servers and others who receive tips now heads to the Michigan Senate for consideration.