Well-known Florida state Democratic Sen. Geraldine Thompson passed away on Thursday after complications from knee replacement surgery.

House Republicans don’t plan to take up bipartisan legislation that would create more transparency in Lansing by opening ...

A bill to keep the tipped minimum wage in Michigan — with some changes — passed the state Senate Thursday. Senate Bill 8, introduced by Mich. Sen. Kevin Hertel (D-12), ...

A plan to change Michigan’s minimum wage law ahead of it taking effect next Friday passed the state Senate Thursday. Colin ...

A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows growing support for some restrictions on immigration. Still, many elements of President Trump's sweeping crackdown are unpopular with Democrats and independents.

Republicans are trying to exclude people who are in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to portion out congressional ...

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate approved a bill Thursday night that would increase the state's minimum wage and preserve ...

Many Michigan workers would make at least $15 an hour within the next two years under a plan passed Thursday in the state ...

It comes just after Governor Gretchen Whitmer said she wanted to delay the implementation of the new laws, because business owners and workers said it would only hurt them.

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 ...

LANSING — The Michigan Senate voted late Thursday to advance legislation that would significantly scale back a pending ...

It’s not clear if Canada wants to become a U.S. state, though technically it would be possible without its buy-in ...