A ballot proposal seeking to raise Michigan’s hourly minimum wage to $15 over several years will appear on the ballot in 2024 after petition signatures were certified, those behind the initiative announced this week.

A state administrative judge ruled on Monday that the Graduate Employees’ Organization at the University of Michigan has violated the no-strike clause in its existing contract.

Watch the complete ruling as an Oakland County judge grants a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks county prosecutors from enforcing Michigan's abortion ban.

Michigan Medicine issued a statement in response to recent court rulings on abortion in the state.

A Delaware bankruptcy judge has approved parts of the Boy Scouts of America’s reorganization plan but has rejected other provisions, saying the organization has decisions to make regarding the plan.

Hundreds of thousands of signatures were submitted Tuesday to the Michigan Secretary of State’s office for a minimum wage ballot measure seeking to land itself in front of Michigan voters in 2024.

A court ruling is back in effect that blocks President Joe Biden from requiring federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The University of Michigan has created a task force of faculty and students to prepare for a potential abortion ban in the state should Roe v. Wade be overturned.

A judge has signed off on final approval of the over $626 million settlement in the Flint water crisis.

Anti-Israel protests outside a Jewish synagogue in Michigan are protected by the Constitution's First Amendment.

In an opinion issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson dismissed one plaintiff and three defendants but ruled that the case will move forward. – Michigan residents whose unemployment claims were wrongfully rejected as fraudulent by a computer system can sue the system’s developers and state officials, a federal judge has ruled. In an opinion issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson dismissed one plaintiff and three defendants but ruled that the case will move forward. The Michigan Attorney General’s Office, which represents the state defendants, is “still reviewing the decision with our clients,” spokeswoman Courtney Covington Watkins said. A similar lawsuit against the state is pending before the Michigan Supreme Court.

A Flint business address at the top of a nominating petition, instead of a Grand Blanc home address, didn't spoil the signatures gathered by B. Chris Christenson, the appeals court said Thursday. FLINT, Mich. – State election officials took the wrong path in trying to keep a Genesee County judicial candidate off the 2020 ballot, the Michigan Court of Appeals said. A Flint business address at the top of a nominating petition, instead of a Grand Blanc home address, didn't spoil the signatures gathered by B. Chris Christenson, the appeals court said Thursday. Christenson advanced to the November election and won a seat on the Genesee County Circuit Court. Read more: Headlines from Genesee County

DETROIT – Ryan Jarvi, a spokesman for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office issued a statement on her behalf Sunday. The statement comes after the Michigan Supreme Court’s ruling announced Friday that stripped Gov. The statement read, “In light of the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday, the Attorney General will no longer enforce the Governor’s Executive Orders through criminal prosecution. The Supreme Court’s ruling raises several legal questions that we are still reviewing. Make no mistake, Governor Whitmer will continue using every tool at her disposal to keep Michigan families, frontline workers, and small businesses safe from this deadly virus.”

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday struck down months of orders by Gov. Coincidentally, the court’s opinion emerged on the same day that Whitmer’s critics submitted more than 539,000 signatures in a bid to repeal the 1945 law. The Supreme Court said the ’45 public safety law cited by Whitmer granted Michigan governors unchecked authority. The case reached the Supreme Court in an uncommon way. A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit that makes state and federal claims about Whitmer’s powers asked for an opinion on the constitutionality of the Michigan laws.

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday struck down months of orders by Gov. Coincidentally, the court’s opinion emerged on the same day that Whitmer’s critics submitted more than 539,000 signatures in a bid to repeal the 1945 law. The Supreme Court said the ’45 public safety law cited by Whitmer granted Michigan governors unchecked authority. The case reached the Supreme Court in an uncommon way. A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit that makes state and federal claims about Whitmer’s powers asked for an opinion on the constitutionality of the Michigan laws.

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday struck down months of orders by Gov. Statement from Governor Whitmer on Michigan Supreme Court Ruling on Emergency Powers: pic.twitter.com/kQKiAjD6gp — Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) October 2, 2020In a statement, Gov. Whitmer said: "Today’s Supreme Court ruling, handed down by a narrow majority of Republican justices, is deeply disappointing, and I vehemently disagree with the court’s interpretation of the Michigan Constitution. With this decision, Michigan will become the sole outlier at a time when the Upper Peninsula is experiencing rates of COVID infection not seen in our state since April. In a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court said the 1945 public safety law used by Whitmer granted Michigan governors unchecked authority.

Demonstrators celebrate federal judge’s ruling on 100th day of protesting in DetroitPublished: September 5, 2020, 11:11 pmSaturday’s march in Detroit isn’t just the 100th day of protesting, it’s also the first demonstration since a federal judge gave Detroit Will Breathe a temporary restraining order that forbid police from using teargas or batons on the peaceful protesters.

Not someone who is simply told to report for jury duty, the Michigan Supreme Court said Tuesday as it overturned the jury tampering conviction of a man in western Michigan. He told two women they could choose their conscience over the law if they were picked to serve on a jury. Wood was charged with jury tampering, under a 1955 law, and convicted of a misdemeanor. In a dissenting opinion, Justice David Viviano said the majority’s opinion was an “absurd result,” quoting from a 2015 court decision in a tampering case in Maine. Attorney David Kallman also made a free speech argument on behalf of Wood, but the court decided the case on other grounds.

Gretchen Whitmer has appealed a ruling that would allow gyms across the state to reopen later this week. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney ruled Friday that indoor gyms could reopen Thursday (June 25) in Michigan. The ruling was made in the Western District of Michigan after a lawsuit was filed by the League of Independent Fitness Facilities. The ruling included stipulations that gyms follow safe coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols, such as social distancing. An appeal was filed Friday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by Whitmer and Robert Gordon, the director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

DETROIT A federal judge has ruled indoor gyms in the state of Michigan can reopen next week. Indoor gyms can now reopen Thursday (June 25). This is a major ruling for gym owners and Michigan residents who wanted to get back to the gym to exercise. The ruling was made by U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney in the Western District of Michigan after a lawsuit was filed by the League of Independent Fitness Facilities. Gretchen Whitmers executive order that closed gyms across the state.

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