Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson

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

The $9 million Michigan Transparency Network is meant to allow the filing of campaign finance reports, lobbying information and personal financial disclosures. It's also supposed to be searchable by the public

Grand Rapids considers forming an AI Council, Fruit Ridge Bridge opens, E-bike safety in EGR, GRPM archives renovation, volunteer tax help.SOS Benson says no to DOJ, GOP gubernatorial debates, and more.

The DOJ alleges Michigan is not doing a good enough job of cleaning its rolls of ineligible voters

Benson said part of the goal is making people feel more welcome at the Secretary of State branches.

The program is already at jails in Kent, Ingham, Genessee, and Washtenaw counties.It started in 2020, when Benson’s office partnered with the state corrections department to offer to help people in prison get IDs upon coming home

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says the GOP’s position would deprive thousands of overseas voters, including family members of military personnel, of their rights

BAMF Health offers expertise, GFS partners with DoorDash, excavation company clears lots for homes, a deadly opioid has reemerged, MI SOS asks judge to refuse subpoena, signature campaign could undo new minimum wage, and rent bills in the MI Senate. Grove Restaurant receives award.

Benson’s filing this week with the Michigan Court of Claims says the Legislature’s oversight power “is not unlimited, checks and balances apply”

A mother and three children who took refuge in a Grand Rapids church after the father was detained by ICE have been reunited in El Salvador, MDOT is preparing the City of Grand Rapids ahead of a major road project next year, and more.