State Law
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A wrong turn onto a bridge at the US-Canada border has a Detroit woman facing deportation
A woman from Guatemala says she and her two US-born children were held for nearly a week by customs agents in Detroit after a phone app’s directions to the nearest Costco led them to an international bridge connecting the city to Canada.
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Michigan’s top lawyer is suing the hell out of the Trump administration
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel just launched a new online tracker to document every lawsuit, legal brief, and fight she’s picked with the Trump administration.
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Michigan Senate passes ‘Momnibus’ legislative package on final day of Black Maternal Health Week
A 10-bill package to reduce racial inequities in maternal mortality in Michigan passed through the Michigan Senate Thursday, with supporters hoping that the second time will be the charm to getting the so-called “momnibus” signed into law.
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US Army engineers decide to fast-track Great Lakes tunnel permits under Trump energy emergency order
The US Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists’ fears that the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive region and perpetuate fossil fuel use.
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Can Michigan students afford the GOP’s education agenda?
Republican state lawmakers are pushing dozens of new bills that aim to make changes at Michigan’s public schools—but many of them are unlikely to make their way into law.
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5 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
The grass is always greener in the Mitten, especially when it comes to cannabis news.
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Dearborn attorney’s detention condemned as ‘blatant’ intimidation by Trump administration
US Sen. Elissa Slotkin has condemned the detention of a Dearborn attorney by federal agents as he returned from a vacation with his family, calling it an attack on the legal profession by the Trump administration.
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Federal cuts threaten to shut off air conditioning for thousands of Michigan families
The Trump administration has laid off the entire staff of a federal program that helps cover cooling and heating costs for millions of low-income households across the country, creating new uncertainty over the fate of the program and the benefits it provides in Michigan.
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Whitmer declares emergency in ten northern Michigan counties following severe ice storms
After a string of ice storms swept across the northern lower peninsula, leaving tens of thousands of residents without power, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer activated the State Emergency Operations Center on Sunday to help coordinate response and recovery efforts.
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9 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
There’s never a shortage of cannabis news in Michigan.
