Until last month, Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow was not a figure of national political prominence. That changed on April 19.

"You can't claim that you're targeting marginalized kids in the name of 'parental rights' if another parent is standing up to say 'no,'" she said.

Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow has become a rising star among the Democrats helping the Party win the upper chamber in the midterms and now, she’s focusing on making the state a key player...

Legislation was introduced Thursday that would prevent state-licensed providers from engaging in conversion “therapy” with minors.

The bill signing comes after Michiganders turned out in record numbers to get Proposal 3 on the ballot and voted to enshrine reproductive freedom into the state constitution.

He has set records in his first two years for the sheer numbers of jurists, dozens of them women. He helped confirm 11 Black women to the appeals courts, more than all other presidents combined.

President Joe Biden took a victory lap on Wednesday at the Detroit auto show as he highlighted automakers' electric-vehicle push, including billions of dollars in investments in battery plants, on...

Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, has relocated his family from Indiana to Michigan and says he plans to vote in the primaries this August.

It's a mess.

Bills advancing in the legislature will align state law with a recent constitutional amendment to expand voting rights, and lawmakers say they’ll create a “historic new era of voter access” in...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has proclaimed May 5 as Murdered and Missing Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in Michigan.

Michigan is now 100 days into the second term of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration and the first Democratic 'trifecta' in Michigan in nearly four decades.

In honor of her “work protecting democracy,” Michigan’s secretary of state is poised to receive a Presidential Citizens Medal on the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the...

Senate Democrats moved Thursday to undo a Republican policy that required an asset test be used to determine eligibility for federal food assistance.

The attorney general has settled a case challenging state taxpayer aid for adoption agencies that refuse to place foster kids with same sex couples.

The emergency request comes hours after the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled a separate ban on enforcement did not apply to county prosecutors.

The Supreme Court is expected to roll back or completely reverse Roe v. Wade this summer, kicking abortion policy to the states.

Democratic lawmakers in the state house have introduced legislation that would establish 18 as the minimum age for marriage Currently there is no minimum age for marriage in Michigan under the law

Here are 11 the newly proposed bills, where they stand in the legislature and what they would do if enacted.

A new report shows that a record number of LGBTQ+ people are now serving as elected officials across the country, including in Michigan, with many leaders inspired to fight against increased threats...

"These bills will move Michigan toward a fairer tax structure, which is a goal I think we all share regardless of which side of the aisle we sit on," said Senator Winnie Brinks.

The announcement drew immediate outrage from Flint residents who say the water is still not safe to drink.

The bills will expand background checks for firearm purchases and institute new storage standards for guns kept in homes where children are present.

The Legislature will not consider legislation addressing the state safety level for chemical contaminants, an issue that's been a Gov. Snyder priority

Bills that would ban conversion therapy in Michigan have been passed to the full body of the state Senate after being voted on by the Housing and Human Services Committee.  Senate Bills 348 and 349...

Despite Republican objections, the Michigan House of Representatives voted to repeal a right-to-work law, codify L.G.B.T.Q. rights and expand gun background checks.

Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist was appointed chair-elect of the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) Friday.

Republicans want recipients of the coronavirus vaccines to know if they were developed using fetal cells. The two main vaccines weren’t. Even so, officials say ‘informed consent’ would create...

The Senate approved changes opponents say gut the bills 26-12.

In the first 100 days of 2023, with Democrats now holding the reins after a dozen years of total Republican legislative rule, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist says he and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are proud to...

Michigan became the seventh state to provide universal free school meals. Why aren't Democrats advocating this for the whole country?

All school districts in Wayne County will be required to enforce a mask mandate for the upcoming school year after health officials released new guidance.