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Monday, November 25, 2024
Lawsuits challenging the legality of Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s order banning the open carry of firearms at or within 100 feet of polling precincts on Election Day have been placed on an expedited schedule by the Court of Claims. Judge Christopher Murray, in an order issued today, called for […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed bills to lengthen state unemployment benefits to 26 weeks, from 20 weeks, through the end of the year. The laws enacted Tuesday largely codify changes the Democratic governor had ordered early in the coronavirus pandemic under her emergency authority. The Michigan Supreme […]
DETROIT (AP) — Students at the University of Michigan were ordered Tuesday to stay in place for two weeks after a surge of coronavirus cases driven by social gatherings on and off campus. The surge is “overwhelming the ability” of local health officials to confront the pandemic, Washtenaw County health […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general charged an eighth person Thursday in what authorities have described as a foiled scheme to storm the state Capitol building and kidnap officials, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Brian Higgins, 51, of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, was charged with material support of an act of […]
Michigan public school employees are not entitled to be paid interest in the 10-year-old lawsuit involving a Granholm-era law earmarking 3 percent of public school employee wages to pay for public school retiree health care, the Court of Appeals has ruled. In December 2017, the Supreme Court ruled in favor […]
The state of Michigan is using a new way to put COVID-19 precautions in place in absence of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s recently invalidated executive orders. The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a list of emergency rules on Wednesday, Oct. 14, including requirements like having a COVID-19 preparedness plan […]
The Supreme Court today denied Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s request to delay the effect of its ruling, holding she lacks the unilateral authority to keep Michigan under a state of emergency, and instead said the ruling will take effect upon the entry of an order by a Court of Claims judge. […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Agents foiled a stunning plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, authorities said Thursday in announcing charges in an alleged scheme that involved months of planning and even rehearsals to snatch her from her vacation home. Six men were charged in federal court with conspiring […]
A militia group planned to violently depose Michigan’s government and abduct Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the FBI said in a federal affidavit filed Thursday. “Several members talked about murdering ‘tyrants’ or ‘taking’ a sitting governor,” an FBI agent wrote in the affidavit, obtained by EUP News. “The group decided they needed […]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration moved Monday to reimpose a statewide mask mandate and limits on businesses, setting up a clash with Republicans after the state Supreme Court limited her authority to act unilaterally amid the coronavirus pandemic. While Whitmer and her allies say her health department has the power […]
