From Lansing to Jackson, this is the Mid-Michigan voting guide for the Nov. 4 special election — mayor races, city councils, ...

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed into law a bill that gives clerks in larger cities of the battleground state an extra 10 hours to open and sort, but not count, absentee ballots in ...

Bill Maher ripped former Vice President Kamala Harris for blaming everyone else in her new book for her own shortcomings and failed presidential campaign. “The Real Time with Bill Maher” host accused ...

A proposal to sever the tie between the annual street list and voter registration status to reduce voting barriers in Massachusetts has the backing of voting rights advocates. But it met resistance ...

Joe Buczek is manager of digital content and promotion at CBS Detroit. He previously worked at WWTV, the Grand Traverse Insider, the Leader and the Kalkaskian, the Oakland Press and the Morning Sun.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. There’s a green button for “aye” and a red button for “no” on Concord Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías’ desk. She ...

The Senate's next votes will likely be Monday. The Senate failed to pass government funding bills for the fourth time on Friday, leaving the shutdown in effect likely through the weekend with ...

The bill was voted two days after the state avoided a government shutdown with a continuation budget, which kept the state government open while the budget is finalized. That will remain in effect ...

LANSING — Lawmakers on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 voted to approve a 2026 budget plan that makes cuts to many state agencies while boosting funding for Michigan's highway department by about $1.1 billion. The ...

LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan House of Representatives passed the general omnibus bill Thursday night, which funds most of the government, besides school aid. The bill passed with 101 votes.

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...