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Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill this week that bans the use of what’s sometimes called the “gay panic” defense.
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Michigan Democrats are trying to reset the presidential race in the swing state now that Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to be their presidential candidate.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee for president and has assumed a leadership role in the campaign.
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The Michigan Court of Appeals has rejected an effort to place a referendum on a local ballot to block a solar panel farm in the western Upper Peninsula. The unanimous decision by a three-judge panel was released Friday.
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Election recounts in Michigan could soon become limited to only those cases when the outcome could change.
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Michigan’s unemployment rate edged up slightly in June to 4.1 percent. It’s the first time this year the jobless number has gone up, but the state’s top labor analyst said an uptick was clearly on the way.
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Bills introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives could outlaw the use of sexual content to blackmail someone.Extortion is already illegal in Michigan. But package supporters say prosecutors are currently limited to a piecemeal approach when trying to press charges in these “sextortion” cases.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer was one of the speakers Wednesday at the NAACP convention in Las Vegas, where she warned against complacency in the effort to return Democratic President Joe Biden to the White House.
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The Michigan Supreme Court ruled it was unethical for an Allegan County judge and the Allegan County prosecutor to have off-the-record discussions during a trial, but the misconduct was not enough to reverse the conviction and re-try the case.
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A Republican-backed survey being sent to Michigan state House candidates is encouraging broad changes to the chamber’s rules.
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Former President Donald Trump’s campaign along with the Republican National Committee and the Michigan Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging state voter registration rules.
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Michigan courts saw an uptick in the number of cases filed at nearly all levels last year.That’s among the data listed in a new state report summarizing the judicial branch’s work in 2023.