LANSING – The Michigan Supreme Court has refused to directly take up a challenge by the Michigan Legislature to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers, saying the case should follow the normal appeal route to the Michigan Court of Appeals. In a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court issued an order Thursday that said: […]

As Michigan moves to Stage 4 of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s MI Safe Start plan, the Department of Natural Resources has determined official opening dates for state park and state forest campgrounds, state harbors and other DNR-managed outdoor spaces – just in time for the summer season. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

Michiganders looking to return their hordes of cans and bottles can finally do so beginning later this month. The state of Michigan will allow bottle and can return facilities to resume operations on June 15, under certain restrictions, including limits on the number of containers individuals are allowed to return […]

Ten weeks after Governor Gretchen Whitmer imposed the strictest limitations in the nation to combat the spread of COVID-19, she suddenly moved Monday to lift some of the most significant restrictions, lifting a ban on travel, authorizing outdoor gatherings of up to 100 people and allowing offices, restaurants, bars and […]

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday that her husband was making “a failed attempt at humor” last week when he asked the marina in Antrim County where they have a second home if it would jump him ahead of the line to get their boat docked based on his being married […]

One day after loosening social and business restrictions, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday afternoon extended the state’s  stay-at-home order to curb the coronavirus pandemic through June 12. She also extended the state of emergency that enables the executive orders, including the stay-at-home order, through June 19, citing a recent […]

The Federal Bureau of Prisons announced late Tuesday that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is not at this time being released early from federal prison to home confinement and remains incarcerated. “On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Prisons reviewed and denied inmate Kwame Kilpatrick for home confinement,” […]

Every registered voter in Michigan will receive an application to vote by mail in the August and November elections, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced Tuesday morning.  The change makes Michigan one of a handful of states to ease voting practices this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday that auto and other manufacturing workers can return to the job next week, further easing her stay-at-home order while extending it through May 28 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Manufacturers — which account for 19% of the state’s economy — […]

The Michigan State Capitol Commission does have the authority to ban firearms in the Capitol, Attorney General Dana Nessel said today in a letter to the members. Ms. Nessel’s letter comes as commission members were expected to hear legal advice that existing law supersedes its authority in potentially banning the […]