state oversight

A joint resolution to put a constitutional amendment before voters got a hearing Tuesday before the Michigan Senate Oversight Committee.

A proposed amendment to the Michigan constitution seeks to scrub partisan politics from the Legislature’s oversight of state government agencies.

The hearing comes after a report from the Office of the Auditor General found nearly 30% more deaths than the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported across a timespan from January 2020 through July 2, 2021.

The cities of Lincoln Park and Pontiac have both improved their finances enough to exit state oversight and return to local control, according to press…