Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including on abortion politics and 2026 updates.

The Michigan House OK'd bills retaining the tipped wage for restaurant workers and limiting the reach of paid sick leave laws taking effect Feb. 21.

Karen McPhee serves on the Launch Michigan Board of Directors, co-chaired the PK-12 Education Workgroup of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Growing Michigan Together Council, served as Education Policy Advisor ...

While announcing the new chair of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland ...

Bills to expand reproductive rights in Michigan, including a bill that allows pharmacists to directly prescribe and dispense ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed 16 laws relating to reproductive health Wednesday. Two bills focused on contraceptive access.

The Justice Department threatened in a new memo to prosecute local officials who refuse to help President Trump carry out his ...

The Michigan Senate adopted a resolution opening the door to legal action against the Michigan House over nine bills passed ...

The bills ranged from new public education requirements to regulating peer-to-peer car sharing programs in the state.

Michigan's Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announces her candidacy for governor in a bid to replace Gretchen ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed 16 new bills Tuesday with the goal of expanding access to reproductive ...

Jocelyn Benson served as the state’s chief elections administrator in the 2020 and 2024 elections and is the first well-known ...