Unions that provide health benefits to nearly a half-million workers — including many in Ohio — have filed nearly identical ...

Both the ACLU and Lambda Legal laid out their plans this week to vigorously oppose an executive order by President Trump ...

A majority of Michiganders, including Republicans, support changes to the state’s minimum wage and paid sick leave laws set to take effect next month, per a 2024 state Supreme Court ruling.  That’s ...

Jake joined the Washington State Standard after working as a breaking news reporter, investigative reporter and editor at The Everett Herald. He graduated from the University of Washington.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The ...

A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour’s ruling in a case ...

The U.S. House Wednesday passed legislation that greatly expands mandatory detention requirements of immigrants charged and ...

While announcing the new chair of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland ...

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said that her focus if she’s elected governor in 2026 would be on “efficiency and ...

Acting Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses said the deployment of additional active duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border “is just the beginning” — even as border crossings remain at their lowest ...

Nineteen bills that would, among other things, update Michigan’s hate crime law, criminalize sextortion, and promote school safety, were signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. ...

With Republicans now controlling the Michigan House and Democrats still in charge of the Senate, many lawmakers opened this ...