A group of Republican state legislators is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let them challenge two voter-approved amendments to the Michigan Constitution.

In this edition of Stateside, we discuss the impact of budget cuts on the U.S. Institute for Libraries and Museums. Then, a celebration for the 60th anniversary of Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Finally, we introduce the debut of Stateside’s new podcast special, Revival.

Doctors in Michigan would no longer be required to disclose if they'd been diagnosed with or treated for a mental health condition in order to get a license, under a state House bill.

The Michigan House passed parts of a Republican-led education plan that would require school districts to posts links to performance data on their websites.

The Democratic Michigan Senate leader is asking a judge to order the GOP-led House to send bills adopted last session, but never transmitted to the governor, to her desk.

There are nearly 1,300 libraries across the state of Michigan. Last year, they received almost $4.8 million from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

A federal funding freeze left a gap in the budgets of Michigan’s refugee resettlement agencies. They're looking to the community to support thousands of refugees.

It’s the 11-year anniversary of a federal judge ruling that Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. But, the issue of gay marriage is back in Lansing as a Republican lawmaker calls on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the ruling that made same-sex marriage legal nationwide. Plus, an update on the nine bills the Michigan House continues to hold.

Saturday is the 11-year wedding anniversary for more than 300 gay and lesbian couples who were married in Michigan following a landmark court decision.

It’s looking like state lawmakers won’t close the books on Michigan’s latest state budget before an end-of-the-month deadline to do so.