House Republican leadership is optimistic an agreement on the K-12 budget will be reached by July 1, and the speaker knows who he'll blame if deadline is missed.

Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) reflects on historic 2023 session, looks ahead to 2024. The two open seats in the house are historically democratic, so come April, Brinks says they're ...

Ads from a group allied with the Democratic Governors Association put pressure on Senate Democrats to advance Gov. Whitmer's ...

"Call your senator and ask them to get the job done on a road funding fix today," said one ad from a group allied with Gov.

As the Legislature counts down the hours left on their July 1 deadline to pass the state budget, Senate Majority Leader ...

The Michigan House and Senate have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money suing each other, according to ...

The Legislature adopted the July 1 deadline in 2019 after a protracted budget standoff between Democratic Gov. Gretchen ...

LANSING, Mich. — After days of deadlock, Michigan lawmakers failed to meet a July 1 deadline for a state budget. The state ...

Michigan House, Senate spend $260K in tax dollars suing each other; Judge delays decision on GOP ‘False Electors’ ...

As she gaveled in the first day of Michigan’s legislative session on Jan. 11, Sen. Winnie Brinks made history, becoming the first woman to serve as Senate majority leader.Add in the fact that it ...

Up next on this week's edition of on Off the Record, we have Senate Democratic majority leader Winnie Brinks. Our lead story, The governor's $8.7 billion state budget is out.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — It might seem counterintuitive, but Grand Rapids' newest state Rep. Winnie Brinks, voted this week for House Speaker Jase Bolger to keep his seat. In an interview Thursday ...