Gretchen Whitmer

LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder delivered an uncharacteristically forceful third State of the State address Wednesday night calling on Michigan lawmakers to be bold and approve more than $1 billion in new revenue for roads in Michigan. The governor...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A political brawl over right-to-work legislation is looming in Michigan, with Republican leaders in closed-door talks over whether to push for enactment by year's end and Democrats encouraging union members to join a noisy show...

MASON, Mich. (AP) — State House Speaker Jase Bolger is asking a court to reject a request for a one-person grand jury to decide whether to charge anyone with crimes stemming from a lawmaker's last-minute switch to the Republican Party. The...

A Lansing judge has been appointed to conduct a one-person grand jury investigation into the election fraud scandal involving Republicans Rep. Roy Schmidt from Grand Rapids and Speaker of the House Jase Bolger. Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie...

MASON, Mich. (AP) — The Democratic leader in the Michigan Senate is asking that a one-person grand jury be appointed to decide whether to charge anyone with crimes stemming from a fellow lawmaker's last-minute switch to the Republican Party. Sen....

Leaders of the Michigan Democratic Party say they have filed legal papers seeking a special one-person grand jury to look further into whether State Rep. Roy Schmidt engaged in criminal activity in his party switch earlier this year. Schmidt, running for...

The Michigan Senate voted to approve the final education funding section of the state 2013-14 budget Tuesday. About 450 schools will receive a $120 per student funding increase from last year, including several schools in Northern Michigan, under the...

The largest obstacle in approving Michigan's budget was cleared Wednesday as the Republican-led Senate advanced the K-12 School Aid Fund budget, with deep cuts to both public schools and community colleges. Michigan legislators are hoping to rush...