Attorney General Dana Nessel unveils ‘immigration action reporting form’ to collect eyewitness accounts of ICE in Michigan. Critics worry the effort could make it harder for law enforcement to do their jobs.
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Dana Nessel becomes debt collector as Michigan seeks $24M from Gotion
The attorney general is getting involved as the state’s feud with the failed battery plant plan takes another turn.
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Firm returns $4.8M to Michigan amid Clare health park embezzlement case
A construction company that had contracted to build a health park in Clare has returned nearly $5 million from a nonprofit whose founder is facing related embezzlement charges.
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Michigan AG Nessel sues big oil over ‘cartel’-like plot to kill clean energy
In a lawsuit expected to be filed today, Nessel alleges some of the world’s largest oil companies colluded to suppress the development of EVs and clean energy to keep Americans reliant on fossil fuels.
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Michigan spent $1.1M probing tribal boarding schools, then buried the results
The author of a report into treatment at state Native American schools is accusing Michigan of trying to ‘whitewash’ history. Tribes are worried nothing will come of the inquiry.
Posted inMichigan Government
Judge: Freeze funding cut by House GOP. Michigan: Most of it already committed
Michigan judge freezes funding House Republicans voted to block. But roughly 70% of it has already been ‘encumbered,’ according to a state attorney.
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Dana Nessel: Bar immigration arrests at Michigan courthouses
As tensions flare over the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation push, Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel urges Michigan Supreme Court to ban immigration arrests in local courthouses.
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Michigan reverses $645M in ‘unconstitutional’ cuts. GOP vows lawsuit
Michigan is resuming planned spending after Attorney General Dana Nessel declared a House GOP vote to cut $645M was ‘unconstitutional.’ The House response? See you in court.
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Michigan data center review looks like ‘rush job,’ Dana Nessel says
During a roundtable Tuesday, the attorney general and allies renewed their calls for a thorough public vetting of DTE Energy’s proposed contract to deliver power to Michigan’s first planned hyperscale data center.
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Trump pardons Michigan false electors, allies who challenged his 2020 loss
As President Donald Trump pardons Michigan ‘false electors,’ Attorney General Dana Nessel says she is still considering whether to appeal the dismissal of state-level charges.