Biden to keynote Michigan Democrats' Jefferson-Jackson event

  Vice President Joe Biden will be the keynote speaker for the Michigan Democratic Party's annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner April 20 at Cobo Hall in Detroit.

Lawmakers, medical profession takes aim at tanning in Michigan

  Michigan lawmakers introduce some 3,000 pieces of legislation in every two-year session but only a small fraction of the bills introduced survive the legislative process and make it into state law.
  Democrats, who are the minority in both the Michigan House and Michigan Senate, say bills regulating the use of indoor tanning beds by minors should among the fraction that makes it into state law. The legislation is House Bills 4404 and 4405 introduced by Michigan state Rep. Jim Townsend from Royal Oak.

Detroit appeals financial emergency status Tuesday

  The Detroit City Council is in Lansing Tuesday to try to convince the Michigan Department of Treasury that a state review team erred when it concluded the city has a financial emergency.
  The 10 a.m. hearing is before Deputy Treasurer Mary McDowell, said Kurt Weiss, spokesman for Gov. Rick Snyder.