Michigan Senate

The laws allow childcare centers to install temporary locking systems for use in case of a lockdown or other emergency.

One bill would require social media sites to automatically set kids’ accounts at the highest privacy level, another would deal with access to addictive material

A new Michigan law signed Tuesday makes it illegal to cheat the system by using automated software, often called "ticket bots," to buy concert or other event tickets

Bills passed by the Michigan Senate would set a lower THC threshold for regulating a product as marijuana or “consumable hemp”

Brinks says priorities for next year include passing a new state budget on time

Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) said putting that money back was non-negotiable

Physicians across the state signed a letter in support of a new bill package that would help protect vaccine access in the state and give parents information about vaccine rates in schools

Critics have argued the state shouldn’t be giving large, and often already profitable, businesses money to build here

The Republican lawmakers are asking for federal monitoring of next year's August primary and the November general election

The legislation has an uncertain fate as it heads to the House