The Latest Breaking News from Ed McBroom

Michigan Mom Fights School District Rule That Says 7-Year-Old Can't Walk 3 Minutes Home From the Bus Stop

The superintendent blamed the “significant liability the district assumes whenever we are transporting students.”

Reason · Oct 24, 2025

'Generational change in voting' passes the Michigan Senate

LANSING, Mich. — The state Senate on Wednesday approved a wide-ranging overhaul of the ways ballots are cast in Michigan, carrying out a constitutional amendment that voters put in place in November.

Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2023

Michigan senators spar over unenforced penalty for unmarried couples living together

LANSING, Mich. — The state Senate on Wednesday approved a bill with nine Republicans in opposition that would remove from Michigan law an unenforced provision that makes it a misdemeanor for an unmarried man and woman to live together.

Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2023

Michigan senator refuses to testify publicly before Jan. 6 committee

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan state Sen. Ed McBroom, the Republican who led an investigation that upheld the results of the 2020 presidential election, revealed Thursday he rejected a request to appear publicly before the U.S. House committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2022

Michigan Legislature places term limits, financial disclosure proposal before voters

LANSING, Mich. — For the first time in 30 years, Michigan voters in November will be asked to reconsider the term limits they voted to put in place in 1992 for members of the state House and Senate.

Tribune News Service · May 10, 2022