- Governor-elect Gretchen Whitmer says she is not giving a lot of attention to controversial lame duck bills to dilute the powers of her office along with the state attorney general and secretary of state.
- A new Farm Bill is expected to become law soon.
- A bill to make initiating ballot petitions harder has passed the House Elections and Ethics Committee along party lines.
- Michigan State Police out of the Paw Paw post are investigating after human remains were found near I-94 in Lawrence on Wednesday afternoon.
- Benton Harbor and St. Joseph area residents can apply for the gift of a free turkey and holiday food basket thanks to the Holiday Food Sharing Program.
- A tunnel for Enbridge Line 5 under the Straits of Mackinac–and the authority that would oversee it–has been made official with Governor Snyder’s signature to the bill approved by the lame-duck legislature.
- Michigan would create a letter-grading system to evaluate public schools under legislation that has narrowly advanced in the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature.
- The Senate is expected to vote today on a resolution that would call on the U-S to withdraw support for Saudi Arabia in it’s war with Yemen.
- It’s one way employers can share holiday cheer with their teams….without busting their company budget.
