A group will launch a ballot drive to require legislative approval to extend emergency pandemic orders beyond 28 days, in the latest bid to neuter Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration’s power to issue coronavirus restrictions.
The veto-proof initiative that would let Republican legislators wipe from the books a law Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to issue sweeping pandemic orders.
The investigation is yet another liability for the embattled attorney general, who is facing a years-old criminal case, a separate, newer FBI investigation, and a Republican primary opponent who is seeking to make electoral hay of the various controversies.
The Clean Water for Military Families Act and the Filthy Fifty Act direct the Department of Defense to identify and clean up PFAS at U.S. military installations with some of the highest levels of PFAS contamination in the country.
Her proposal would allow for state grants to cover the difference between an employee’s current hourly wage and $15 for three months, as long as the business committed to continuing the $15 wage for at least three additional months.
She says he bills were crafted as a result of the 2018 investigation into the MSU/ Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal, as well as ongoing investigations.
Economists settled on revised revenue estimates for the school aid and general funds that are higher than what was forecast in January: $2 billion more this budget year and $1.5 billion more next fiscal year.
Under the agreed framework, the administration would rescind MIOSHA’s draft permanent rules, and the public hearing scheduled for May 26 will be canceled.
Senate Bill 118 will reduce penalties on school districts for employing individuals in violation of certification and other credentialing requirements.
President Joe Biden has nominated the sheriff of one of the nation’s most populous counties to lead the agency that deports people in the country illegally.
The State Department has ordered a significant number of its remaining staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to leave Afghanistan as the military steps up the pullout of American troops from the country.
The suit seeks to move the deadline for the commission to propose new legislative districts from Sept. 17 to Dec. 11, and for the final maps to be approved on January 25, 2022.
The Senate Oversight Committee, chaired by State Sen. Ed McBroom, recently invited Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to speak to the committee about past and future elections.
By DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press, Associated Press and TV6 News Team
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer again has vetoed about $652 million in proposed COVID-19 relief spending because the Michigan Legislature passed it without negotiating with her administration
Republicans say the 39-bill election reform package would make improvements in five areas — making it easier to vote, protecting the vote, election day operations, increased transparency, and absentee voting.
The Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021 would ensure clinical social workers can provide their full range of services to Medicare beneficiaries.
Senate Bills 232-241 would add the offices of governor and lieutenant governor to the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, as well as create the Legislative Open Records Act.
U.S. officials found no evidence that foreign actors changed votes or otherwise disrupted the voting process in last November’s presidential election, according to government reports Tuesday affirming the integrity of the contest won by President Joe Biden.
