State House of Representatives

Today, we talk with State Representative Abraham Aiyash about his current efforts to move the Harris-Walz ticket towards support for Palestinian people ahead of the presidential election. Then, JD Vance makes his first visit to Michigan since being named the Republican Vice Presidental nominee. And, we talk with a two-time gold medalist in paracycling as she prepares for the Paralympic Games in Paris.

A look at state legislative races, Great Lakes fisheries learning Icelandic techniques, the best advice on drawing, when U.S. women lost their citizenship, and remembering the push to divest Michigan from apartheid-era South Africa.

The House has been evenly divided for five months since two Democratic representatives resigned to take office as the mayors of Warren and Westland.

Two special elections in Michigan Tuesday could break the tie between Democrats and Republicans in the state’s House of Representatives.

A guide on how Michigan's legislature works, indigenous sugar bash practices, the over-assessment of Detroit's poorest properties, and the "art" of Zingerman's.

Bills in the Michigan House would toughen punishments for violations of Michigan's child labor laws.

State Representative Joe Tate plans to focus on affordable housing, schools, and jobs as the new incoming Speaker of the House.

Democrats won control of the governor's mansion and both the State Senate and House of Representatives in Tuesday’s elections, a "trifecta" of state power that the party has not held in Michigan in 40 years.

Within a year and a half of leaving the Legislature, the Chatfield's future is looking unsteady. Today on the podcast we break down what know about the complex web of money and power surrounding former State Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield. We’ll update you on where standing and evolving investigations are in this moment.

Elected in 1924, State Representative Cora Anderson was the first woman and Native American to serve in the Michigan House of Representatives.