The state’s affordable housing, beautiful lakes and reproductive rights are some of the selling points Michigan may use in a new ad campaign hoping to convince young professionals to put down roots in the state.
The Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission says Sidney Powell and other lawyers who tried to overturn the 2020 election committed ‘misconduct.’ A separate discipline board will now consider punishments.
Currently, governments can automatically appeal lawsuits if their immunity claim fails, dragging out litigation for years. Officials say changing course will mean higher costs. But injury victims and others say justice delayed is justice denied.
Nonprofit led by a onetime aide to a lawmaker who championed a Clare health center was paid $823,000, records show. The state has paused payments and ordered an investigation.
Legislation would also bar employers from other discrimination, such as discipline or denying promotions or benefits due to abortion. Republicans argue the bill infringes upon religious freedom.
The state is investigating a grant it awarded last year to a former aide of then-Michigan House Speaker Jason Wentworth that led to a $3.5 million land sale involving another lawmaker.
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.
Lawmakers last year allocated $1 billion in ‘pork’ projects with little scrutiny. Republicans, Democrats spar over who is to blame, and change may not be coming soon.
A nine-bill package introduced Thursday would extend the statute of limitations for sexual assault survivors to take legal action. They would be able to sue until they turn 52 and have two years to consider lawsuits even after the statute of limitations expires.
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.
What to know about what happens now after Michigan became the latest state to employ an automatic expungement system designed to clear old criminal records without a court hearing.
Lawmakers can’t muster enough support to require hands-free devices while driving. Distracted driving crashes are up, but opponents object to possibility of license suspensions, points.
Republican officials in Livingston County adopt a ‘Constitutional County’ resolution urging sheriff, prosecutor not to enforce Michigan ‘red flag’ gun control legislation that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign into law.