Republican officials repeatedly dismissed Flint residents who said their water was making them sick, until it turned into a full-blown crisis. Now, with a state government under Democratic control, Michigan is finally making some amends—in a big way.
Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) and other members of the new Democratic majority in Michigan plan to improve transparency and public accountability in state government, including tweaks to financial disclosure requirements and reforms to the state’s open records laws.
A man charged with threatening the lives of Jewish Michigan public officials on Twitter was indicted on a hate crime charge Thursday, a prosecutor said.
A man charged with threatening the lives of Jewish Michigan public officials—including Attorney General Dana Nessel—was returned to jail Friday after declining to oppose the government's request that he remain in custody while his case winds through court.
After decades of being blocked by conservative Republicans, Michigan's Democratic-controlled Senate voted Wednesday to expand the state's civil rights law to include the LGBTQ community and prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
A man has been charged with using Twitter to threaten to kill Michigan state government officials who are Jewish—including Attorney General Dana Nessel, she wrote on Twitter on Thursday.
State Sen. Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo), the chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment, said Tuesday that he wants a formal investigation to figure out what went wrong—and how to fix it.