DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan law that prohibits intimidation based on gender covers people who are transgender, the state Court of Appeals said Thursday. The court ruled in the case of a transgender woman who was shot in the shoulder after being confronted by a man at a Detroit gas station. The […]
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GOP’s DeVos says she will not seek Michigan governorship
Former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday she will not run for Michigan governor in 2022, putting an end to speculation about the onetime Trump administration Cabinet member and partner in one of the state’s most influential Republican couples. “I am not running for governor,” DeVos told The Detroit […]
‘A champion for truth and justice’: Family, friends mourn death of Carl Levin
Carl Levin, Michigan’s longest-serving U.S. senator who died Thursday at age 87, was remembered by family and friends as a man who personified integrity. U.S. Rep. Andy Levin, D-Bloomfield Twp., said his uncle always put the public good above self-interest and was honored by the trust the people of Michigan put […]
Grace period extended for Michigan license, plate renewals
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan drivers whose license or registration expires between April and week’s end will have 120 additional days to renew it without being assessed late fees under new laws that also prohibit such fees broadly unless the secretary of state resumes letting people conduct same-day service at […]
Woman charged with fatal hit and run in Gladstone
DELTA COUNTY, Mich. (WLUC) – A Perkins woman has been arrested following a crash that killed a Gladstone man earlier this month. According to the Gladstone Public Safety Department, at about 3:29 a.m. July 11, 2021, officers were sent to M-35, near North Bluff Drive, for a report of a […]
Whitmer: No new state mask rule expected despite updated CDC guidance
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday she does not expect the state will issue a mask mandate or any other new COVID-19 pandemic orders any time soon, despite federal health officials issuing new guidance that calls on even some who are fully vaccinated to mask up. “I do not anticipate another […]
Justice Department Decides Against Investigating State On Nursing Homes
The U. S. Department of Justice has determined it will not open a civil rights investigation into any public nursing facility within Michigan. Eleven months ago, the department – then under the direction of former President Donald Trump’s attorney general, Bill Barr – sent a letter to Governor Gretchen Whitmer requesting a […]
Michigan Legislature kills law Whitmer used for virus rules
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday killed a law that underpinned coronavirus restrictions issued by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, wiping it from the books after Michigan’s Supreme Court declared the measure unconstitutional. The Democrat is powerless to veto the citizen-initiated bill. A conservative group that organized the […]
Michigan motorists encouraged to buckle up as seat belt use declines to lowest rate in 17 years
Michigan’s seat belt use rate has decreased sharply, dropping from 94.4 percent in 2019 to 92.6 percent in2021, according to results from a grant-funded direct observation study conducted by Michigan State University. This is the state’s lowest seat belt compliance rate since 2004, and traffic safety advocates are concerned. “The […]
FBI agent in investigation of Whitmer kidnap plot is charged
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — An FBI agent who testified about an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is facing an assault charge, according to court records. Richard Trask appeared in a Kalamazoo court Monday and was released. Online records show the alleged offense occurred Sunday. The court file doesn’t list […]