A state Senate panel began hearings Wednesday on whether school districts should be allowed to hire teachers from private companies. The package of education-reform bills also would require districts to offer schools-of-choice to...
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Governor Rick Snyder has signed legislation that would end
cash assistance welfare benefits after a family has been receiving payments for
48 months or more. The new law counts benefits going back to 2007.
About...
Leaders in the Legislature have decided to add one last unexpected day to the lame-duck calendar at the state Capitol.
A couple procedural mix-ups will bring lawmakers...
Lawmakers in Lansing are waiting anxiously to see what shake-ups could occur in state government with the general election in November. The minority parties in both the...
A co-chair of the caucus of freshman state lawmakers says the handling of the state budget this year was "a bunch of garbage". But the group of rookie lawmakers vows to change the way the people's business is done in Lansing. This week...
At the state Capitol, the House and the Senate met until past midnight before beginning a two-week summer break. Much of the day and the evening were spent debating the budget. Nothing was resolved, and the discussions mostly outlined the...
