Lansing Capitol
If statistics mean anyting, Lansing lawmakers might get a failing grade.
The Detroit News reports:
Michigan's political leaders approved a record low number of new laws in 2025, even as the state faces a host of challenges, including slow population growth, sliding student reading scores and one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation.
With Republicans in control of the House and Democrats leading the Senate in 2025, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who's also a Democrat, signed 74 new public acts in 2025. The average number of new laws signed per year over the two prior decades was 383. The 74 tally from this year is an 81% drop from that average.
