MICHIGAN — Michigan voters will choose a new governor in November 2026. Current Governor Gretchen Whitmer is term-limited after serving back-to-back four year stints in Lansing. We are keeping track of candidates who throw their hats in the ring below.

The Michigan Senate adopted a resolution opening the door to legal action against the Michigan House over nine bills passed last year stuck in limbo.

Democratic lawmakers in the Michigan Senate have introduced related legislation that would phase in a higher minimum wage more quickly and exempt fewer small businesses from paid sick leave requirements than the House GOP proposal. Both plans come after ...

State Rep. Bill Schuette and Danielle Atkinson of Mother Justice joined the show to discuss the pros and cons of new minimum wage and paid sick leave laws.

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson took questions from reporters about her campaign for governor from inside a state office building she controls.

The Laken Riley Act would put immigrants without legal status under federal detention without the possibility of being released if they are arrested for certain crimes.

Proving the adage that elections have consequences, House Republicans announced changes to the budget process at a press conference Tuesday in which state Representative Ann Bollin (R-Brighton Twp.) was named as the new chair of the House Appropriations Committee.

The Michigan Senate gave its leadership the power Wednesday to sue over nine bills that passed the state Legislature last session but never made it to the governor.

To assess how week one of Trump 2.0 went for Democrats, Playbook reached out to Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), the Iraq War veteran who won his D+1 district in Hudson Valley by 14 points — while outperforming Kamala Harris by double digits.

“At the federal legislative level, that’s a different yardstick and standard than for governor of Ohio," said Republican consultant Terry Casey. “Historically, the governor's a little closer to voters — clearing highways, running prisons — than senators and members of Congress.”

A watch party one mile from the inauguration where members of the Michigan GOP gathered cheered on when Donald Trump appeared. Video Courtesy of Dawn Beattie.