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Monday, January 13, 2025
LANSING – On Monday evening, Bay Mills Indian Community has challenged a permit issued to Enbridge Energy by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) that would allow Enbridge to build a massive tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac to house a new segment of its Line […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse. The health ministry reported a single-day record 3,293 […]
Michigan will lose a seat in the U. S. House of Representatives for the next decade, reducing its current count from 14 members to 13, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. The state was among seven to lose a seat, including California, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, […]
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals is breaking new ground with a decision that could lead to people staying out of jail while awaiting a murder trial. The Michigan Constitution says someone charged with murder is entitled to bail unless a judge finds that “proof of the defendant’s guilt is […]
After the Board of State Canvassers did not advance the Unlock Michigan petition Thursday with members failing to certify on a 2-2, party-line vote, organizers are now signaling the Supreme Court will have to get involved. The Bureau of Elections recommended the board certify the petition, as a staff report […]
Lansing — Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, revealed this week that she’s considered running against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the 2022 election, according to a Thursday report from Politico. The national news outlet said McDaniel, the former chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party, made the remark during “a […]
Former Bay Mills Indian Community Chairman, Bryan Newland, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs in the Department of Interior. “We are very proud of Bryan and his service to Indian Country,” said Whitney Gravelle, Bay Mills Indian Community Chairperson. “During his […]
Democratic leaders Wednesday predicted passage of Washington, D.C. statehood legislation in the House and called on the Senate to end the filibuster now to create the 51st state in the union. “I hope that the filibuster is jettisoned,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Wednesday. “It is not a democratic principle that a minority can … stop the […]
The jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin reached a verdict Tuesday afternoon, on its second day of deliberating the case of the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd. At 5:05pm EST, Hennepin (MN) County Judge Peter A. Cahill announced the verdict of the 12-person jury consisting of five men […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer gave voice Sunday to a point a handful of Democrats have made in the past that appears unsupported, the notion that the Michigan Supreme Court ruling last October striking down the ability for the governor to keep the state in a state of emergency without legislative approval contributed […]