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The Michigan Legislature voted Wednesday to empower a state commission to preempt local governments' decisions on whether to authorize solar and wind projects, moving bills to overhaul energy laws to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk for her likely signature. ...But opponents, including Sen. John Damoose R-Harbor Springs, described the Democratic measures as a bid to circumvent local control in rural, agricultural areas, pushed by lawmakers from urban areas. "We are passing a law here that strips any reasonable local control over new facilities that can dramatically change c...

One year after Michigan voters passed landmark abortion rights laws via Proposal 3, over 1,000 people rallied to eliminate it during a “march for life” at the Capitol building.  Earlier the same …

Thursday’s session is expected to be the last day Michigan lawmakers will meet for the year. Republicans question why Dems want early shutdown when there’s much to do on roads, education and other issues.

The legislation aims to remove remaining barriers to abortion access in Michigan after voters approved a constitutional amendment last year guaranteeing a right to the procedure.

The Michigan Senate on Tuesday finalized what some advocates called a ‘watered-down’ version of bills repealing several abortion restrictions, keeping intact a 24-hour waiting period law that House Democrats didn’t have the votes to repeal.