The Michigan Senate can now sue in an attempt to force the state House to send bills passed last year to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk.

The Michigan House OK'd bills retaining the tipped wage for restaurant workers and limiting the reach of paid sick leave laws taking effect Feb. 21.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has yet to consider nine bills approved last session because House Republicans are withholding the bills for a legal review.

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.

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.

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

The Michigan House passed legislation to change the state's paid sick leave and minimum wage laws before court-ordered changes take effect next month.

A Republican-backed package of bills that would maintain the tipped wage system in Michigan has passed the state House of Representatives.

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.

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.

The day after Republicans took the gavel in the Michigan House of Representatives ... conversations with her Democratic colleagues to GOP House Speaker Matt Hall whom she called a friend.

"My prediction is that the world is not going end," she said. Michigan Legislature:Michigan House GOP, Senate Dems offer different proposals for minimum wage, paid sick time Danielle Atkinson is ...