Keeping track of how Michigan lawmakers vote

Interested in how every state lawmaker voted last year in Michigan? Do you want to see who missed the most votes? The Mackinac Center for Public Policy has arduously put together the votes and voting records of all 110 Michigan state representatives and 38 state senators with a handy interactive tool.

  State Sen. Mike Kowall, R-White Lake, has suspended his campaign for Congress in the new district where he would have faced a Republican primary against U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Livonia.

Snyder signs new law cutting county commission districts; lawsuit expected

  Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law a bill that allows Oakland County to reduce the size of its county commission and draw new boundaries in advance of the 2012 election.