Michigan Legislature

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state Senate has approved a bill that would prohibit the smoking of medical marijuana on rental properties where a landlord has prohibited it. The bill, approved 34-3 on Tuesday, would amend Michigan's medical marijuana act, approved by voters in 2008...

The Michigan House of Representatives Tax Policy Committee voted 8-3 on Wednesday to send HB4122 to the House floor, which would end so called "film incentives" for companies to produce and film movies in the state. The Lansing State Journal reports that two members of the committee abstained from the vote that puts the bill before state lawmakers...

Following one veto and amendment, Governor Rick Snyder is expected to sign Senate Bills 34 and 35, which passed in the Legislature at the end of February. Governor Snyder told MLive that the particular verbiage in the bills had been changed and that they should get "a more favorable response" this time on his desk...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Winter's icy grip on Michigan has some in the Legislature arguing once again that the state should allow schools more days for weather-related closures before they must add extra days to the end of the school year. ...