LANSING—Prosecutors charged the former leader of the Michigan House and his wife with financial crimes Tuesday, alleging they milked political accounts for personal travel, housing and other benefits while the Republican lawmaker held the powerful post. Lee Chatfield...
BY KEN COLEMAN, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit brought by 11 Republican state legislators who sought to challenge the constitutionality of election laws that were approved by Michigan voters in recent years. Jane Beckering of...
BY GLORIA REBECCA GOMEZ, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—Attorney General Dana Nessel and nearly two dozen other Democratic-led states urged the US Supreme Court to preserve the ability of emergency room doctors to provide abortions, arguing that failing to do so would have...
BY ASHLEY MURRAY, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—As justices heard oral arguments Tuesday in a high-stakes case that could limit access to a common pharmaceutical used in both medication abortion and miscarriage care, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General...
BY ANNA LIZ NICHOLS, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—JeDonna Dinges, a resident of Grosse Pointe Woods, told senators considering an expansion of Michigan’s hate crime laws that she considers herself “a pretty tough person.” “My parents taught me to work hard, stand up for...