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Monday, April 21, 2025
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 […]
LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled out of state more than a month ago to visit her chronically ill father, her office said Monday. News of Whitmer’s trip, first reported by the Lansing newsletter Michigan Information & Research Service, brought new charges of hypocrisy from Republican critics. MIRS reported that Whitmer’s father […]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s decision not to shut the state down again amid a new surge of coronavirus cases is not what it seems. She still plans on restricting the day-to-day lives of Michiganders — she’s just going about it in a much subtler and much more permanent way. When […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan on Friday extended by five weeks a pandemic order that limits business capacity and requires masks in public, even for young children in day care, as the state battles the country’s highest daily coronavirus infection rate. The measure, which was expected and replaces one that had […]