Randy Richardville

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led Michigan House approved legislation Wednesday that would require some people to pass drug tests and ensure that their children don't miss too many days of school in order to receive welfare benefits....

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Lawmakers began setting the table Wednesday for how to spend $49 billion in the next Michigan budget, with big disputes to be resolved next month over expanding Medicaid, boosting road maintenance, giving tax credits for movie-...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rep. Matt Lori found himself in an unusual position when shepherding through a $15.3 billion health budget that pays for Medicaid, the health insurance program for the needy. The Republican chairman of the House health budget...

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...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A closed-door meeting between Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican legislative leaders failed to produce a clear direction on whether to introduce right-to-work legislation limiting unions' ability to collect fees from...

Indiana became the Rust Belt's first right-to-work state Wednesday in a move that is sure to embolden advocates seeking to curtail union rights across the country. But whether other states can replicate the conservatives' success in Indiana is less...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rallied by the approval last fall of a state law banning so-called "partial birth" abortion, Michigan abortion opponents are pushing for more in 2012 — from a "Choose Life" fundraising license plate to a ban on...

The Michigan Campaign Finance Network released its end-of-summer report for lobbyist spending and lawmakers for the first half of 2011. Topping the network's "Free Lunch Club" in the Michigan House was Rep. Frank Foster, R-Pellston, who represents Emmet,...

Schools would no longer be allowed to require union membership as a condition of employment, if a “right to work” bill introduced Thursday in the Senate is approved. Sens. Arlan Meekhof, R-Olive Township, Phillip Pavlov, R-St. Clair...

LANSING  -- Michigan Republicans are just five-and-a-half weeks away from deciding whether to hold a presidential primary, caucus or convention next year, but so far a consensus hasn't emerged. Dennis Moore, director of the Willow Run Tea Party Caucus in...

LANSING  (AP) -- The Republican-led Michigan Legislature, acting with a swiftness not seen since Ronald Reagan was president, passed a new state budget Thursday that Gov. Rick Snyder says accurately reflects Michigan's fiscal reality even as critics decry...