Nineteen states and Washington, D.C., have laws that allow a judge to order temporary removal of someone’s gun if the judge believes they would use it to hurt others or themselves.
A two-year legal fight that sparked global conspiracies about voting machines ends as the court rejects a lawsuit from former GOP attorney general candidate Matthew DePerno.
The Ottawa County Sheriff is investigating Facebook comments by a GOP congressional committee chair who called for the Patmos Library to be shut by “force” after the library refused to remove books with LGBTQ content.
Michigan’s outgoing Republican-led Legislature is calling it a year after failing to reach a final spending deal with Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Many dumbfounded as outgoing Senate Majority Leader also says climate change, child sacrifice and ‘trans-whatever’ are part of conspiracy to ‘achieve a one-world governance’ and ‘one-world religion.’
Voters created an independent panel in 2018 to draw fairer lines for state races. Partisans, though, still control the process for counties, and some commissions clearly favor one party.
A special counsel investigating events leading to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is seeking county-level records in Michigan, Arizona and Wisconsin — three states where Trump tried to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Voters approved both measures by wide margins. Now, election deniers are funding a recount. Officials blast exercise, but hope rules will prevent ‘chaos.’
Democrats want to pass red flag, safe storage and universal background check laws when they take charge in January. Most research say the measures can reduce gun deaths, but much is inconclusive.
A Democratic National Committee panel voted Friday to make Michigan one of the five states to hold early primaries. A final vote is expected in February.
Bridge Michigan and the Detroit Free Press are asking a judge to reconsider an order that indefinitely blocks public access to records in the criminal probe of former House Speaker Lee Chatfield.
Anything could happen in the Michigan Legislature before the end of the year, but it appears likely that very little will happen prior to Democrats taking the majority in January.
The donation keeps the Patmos Library in Jamestown Township open longer after residents defeated tax requests over objections to sexually charged books. But the library’s fate is uncertain without public funding.
After Bridge Michigan and the Detroit Free Press won access to documents that would shed new light on the criminal investigation against the former house speaker, Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office obtained a court order blocking release of virtually all records in the case.
The Board of State Canvassers certifies wins by Gretchen Whitmer, Dana Nessel and others and warns a handful of losing candidates to stop spreading ‘baseless allegations.’
The little-known boards of canvassers clear the way for election routs by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other Democrats to become official later this month.
