Democratic candidates for statewide office in Michigan say they are taking additional precautions but won’t back down amid an “escalating pattern of political violence.”
In the thick of a government shutdown that lasted just one hour, the Michigan House and Senate passed a continuation budget to hold the state over for the next eight days—a move that was described as giving legislative staffers some cushion to finish drafting the final budget deal hammered out into the small hours of Wednesday morning.
As crews continue to assess the aftermath of Sunday’s deadly shooting at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meeting place in Grand Blanc, Michigan, officials from across the state mourned the victims of the attack that killed four people.
The joints keep burning and the news keeps coming. Here’s what went down over the last week in Michigan’s cannabis world:
The respective leaders of the Michigan Legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday evening announced that they have reached a budget deal just days before the end of the current fiscal year, by proxy avoiding a government shutdown and raising sorely needed money for roads.
The Trump administration is stepping into the legal fight over whether Enbridge can continue to operate an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel.
Politics, pot, and a little bit of psilocybin. Michigan’s cannabis world never really slows down.
Vice President JD Vance visited a rural Michigan stamping plant on Wednesday to tout the Trump administration’s efforts to restore manufacturing jobs in the nation.
Gas-station ganja, a duffel bag stuffed with cannabis, and a new tax hike that’s got stoners groaning.
Weed recalls, union beef, and a nine-pound stash gone up in smoke. Yep, it’s been another week in Michigan cannabis.
