State Law
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5 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
The state’s cannabis industry is continuing to evolve—and we’re tracking every twist, turn, and toke-worthy headline.
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Pot pays off: Michigan cities like Lansing and Ann Arbor are putting weed taxes to work
Cities like Lansing and Ann Arbor are bringing in millions of dollars in cannabis tax revenue—and using it to fund everything from firefighters to addiction treatment.
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Michigan Senate Democrats put forward a plan to add more than $1B to education budget
Michigan Senate Democrats put forward a more than $1 billion funding increase for the state’s public schools Tuesday, with an emphasis on lowering elementary schools’ class sizes.
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Trump’s first 100 days have left Michiganders holding the bag
Michiganders helped send Trump back to the White House. But 100 days later, the state is facing the fallout from tariffs, layoffs, and one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates.
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6 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
Another week, another blaze of headlines from Michigan’s cannabis world.
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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.
