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The Oxford High School shooter who killed four students and injured seven others in 2021 when he was 15, tortured birds, fantasized about children suffering and researched Michigan’s prison sentences before carrying out the shooting, according to testimony Thursday.
Attorney Stefanie Lambert says she has been indicted in plot to illegally examine vote machines in an effort to prove 2020 election was rigged against Donald Trump. Others under investigation include Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf.
With former Gov. Rick Snyder leading efforts, Senate and House Republican campaigns in Michigan have a money edge over Democratic counterparts, records show.
Legislation would authorize a new study of Soo Locks security issues and project the economic impact of an unexpected closure. Some 10,000 vessels pass through the locks each year.
Former couples denied the right to marry by Michigan's overturned ban on same-sex marriage can seek custody of children produced in the relationship, the court rules.
Retirements are outpacing recruitment, with roughly 4,500 fewer Michigan officers today than in 2001 despite efforts to pay recruits more. That makes the job more stressful and, leaders say, the streets more dangerous.
Reps. Noah Arbit, D-West Bloomfield, and Donni Steele, R-Orion, are the latest to face a recall threat over their votes. Six others also face long-shot recall threats.
Banning firearms on university property does not violate the Second Amendment, a panel of judges ruled on Friday. The Supreme Court could still weigh in.
Arraignments for the 16 ‘false electors’ charged with eight felony counts apiece are set for Aug. 10, court records show. Several defendants charged and their supporters are doubling down on the actions Attorney General Dana Nessel argues violated Michigan law.
Officials with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services initially denied an open records request by Bridge Michigan for emails and documents regarding a $25 million state grant but ultimately agreed to release them after a successful challenge.
Emails obtained by Bridge show Michigan officials pressed to expedite a grant to the former aide of ex-House Speaker Jason Wentworth; asked few questions before approving the project.
The group ranges from high-profile party officials to town clerks, mayors and a dairy farmer. Some are defiant, others flummoxed. All face the same felony charges for trying to award Michigan’s 2020 electoral votes to Donald Trump.
State voters in 2024 could decide whether good behavior should cut prison sentences. A group pushing the issue must first collect more than 350,000 signatures.
Police say they are largely choosing to educate motorists rather than slap them with citations for the beefed-up distracted driving law that went into effect on June 30.
The former House speaker bypassed projects with greater need to secure money for a dam and repairs to Lake Shamrock. Wentworth also secured $25M for a Clare health campus led by the same aide.