State attorneys said in court documents the Edenville dam owner knew of flaws back in 2010 but took no action. Instead, he spent money on a sawmill and nearly $500,000 on a music festival.
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With lawsuits stalled in Michigan, Nessel seeks Line 5 shutdown in Wisconsin
The attorney general on Wednesday filed a brief in Wisconsin federal court supporting a Native American tribe’s effort to shut down the Line 5 pipeline over fears of a rupture into a river that runs through tribal land.
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Election-denying clerk ousted in recall: ‘Make Adams Township Boring Again’
A small-town elections clerk investigated by Michigan State Police after questioning the accuracy of her own voting machines lost a recall election Tuesday night in Adams Township, according to unofficial results.
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Michigan Democrats eye hate crime reform, look to add LGBTQ protections
A trio of Democratic lawmakers are seeking to update the state’s anti-hate crime law with an expanded definition of hate crime and enhanced penalties. The law has not been updated since its establishment in 1988.
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Michigan State to raise room and board; still won’t release Nassar docs
First-year MSU students will have to pay nearly 7 percent more for dorm rooms and meals than current first-year students, based on rising food and energy costs. MSU continues to withhold records on serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar, citing attorney-client privilege.
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New appeal of $626 million Flint water deal in dispute over lawyer fees
A legal group is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider the amount of the settlement that will go to lawyers representing Flint residents. The group argues that giving the lawyers a quarter of the recovery is excessive.
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A hero to election deniers, Michigan clerk has a new fight: keeping her job
Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott is on the front lines of the doomed fight over the 2020 election. She’s lauded by conspiracy theorists. Closer to home, some residents are tired of her antics.
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Michigan income tax rate to drop to 4.05 percent, but just for one year
Michigan’s soaring revenues mean the state income tax rate will fall from 4.25 to 4.05 percent in 2023 tax year, according to the state treasury. The rate will go back up the next year following a legal opinion from Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel.
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Dana Nessel calls income tax cut temporary. Republicans express fury
Soaring state revenues will likely force the Whitmer administration to reduce Michigan’s personal income tax rate. But that cut is only for one year, the Democrat Attorney General contends. Republicans excoriated that legal interpretation.
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Can ‘deradicalization’ reform extremists? Michigan program to find out in limbo
Michigan inked a contract to try to help young people accused of extremism avoid violence. But the future is uncertain after a deal fell through for a Traverse City man accused of threatening a mass shooting.