Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) suggested on Friday that open Senate seats in Michigan and Minnesota could serve ...

The move was a key step, but not the final step, toward the state Legislature intervening in a Michigan Supreme Court ...

The Michigan Senate has approved a bill that would preserve the state’s tipped wage credit and increase the minimum wage.

If the bill does not pass the Michigan House, tipped wages will increase nearly $2, to $5.99, on Feb. 21 and will continue to ...

The Michigan Senate has passed a bipartisan deal that would prevent tipped wage workers from becoming minimum wage earners. The Senate late Thursday, Feb. 13, passed a compromise bill that would ...

With just over a week before changes to Michigan's minimum wage were set to take effect, the state Senate has reached a bipartisan compromise to save Michigan's tip credit.

Lawmakers are racing against the clock to modify the minimum wage and paid sick leave laws before they take effect on Feb. 21 ...

The election handicapper Cook Political Report found Republicans with an advantage to keep control of the Senate in the 2026 ...

Bipartisan deal would raise Michigan’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2027 but preserve a lower tipped credit for restaurant workers. It depends on a separate deal over paid sick days – which ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants the Michigan Legislature to preserve the state’s current tipped wage system at least until July 1 ...

Senate Republicans are crafting an ambitious strategy to expand their 53-seat majority during the 2026 midterms. Though midterms historically have favored the party not in the White […] ...