Sheldon Krause

LANSING — The Michigan House took action on school safety and unemployment Tuesday, among other long-anticipated measures that are seeing renewed attention.

LANSING — Michigan lawmakers continued their end-of-year legislative sprint, taking action on dozens of bills in the final days of Lansing’s Democratic majority.

LANSING — Lawmakers had another late night in Lansing Wednesday, advancing several bipartisan bill packages.

Empty chairs in the Michigan House of Representatives. (Sheldon Krause)

LANSING — A proposal to automatically opt Michigan drivers to in the state recreation passport program cleared the House last week, as officials debated the balance between funding conservation efforts and keeping costs low for residents.

LANSING — A bill package in the state Legislature would reward prisoners for undertaking productive programming while incarcerated.

Those votes will head to the US Capitol when they will be certified by Congress on January 6th, 2025.

LANSING — The state Legislature fell into further dysfunction Wednesday, with half of the House skipping session and hopes dwindling for the passage of significant policies before the end of the year.

Democratic leaders said that negotiations between various parties fell apart over the lame duck session.

LANSING — Democratic control of the Michigan House ended with a whimper Thursday, as a combination of lawmaker boycotts and stalled negotiations left the outgoing majority with few options to advance significant legislation.