Michigan marijuana store will pay $205K to settle a workers’ lawsuit over lost tips

June 10, 2025

THREE RIVERS, Mich. (AP) — A judge has approved a deal to try to solve a major buzzkill: Employees at a Michigan marijuana dispensary chain said management was keeping tips left by happy customers. Timber Cannabis, which has seven locations, agreed to pay $205,000 to settle a lawsuit, though it admitted no liability in making the deal. Lawyers are entitled to one-third. Terms of the agreement seem “fair and appropriate,” U.S. District Judge Matthew Leitman said during a brief hearing. The lead plaintiff, budtender Chad Underwood, said he was making as much as $150 per shift in ...

Michigan House Republicans sue the secretary of state over election training materials

June 7, 2025

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republicans are suing the battleground state's top elections executive over access to election training materials. The lawsuit filed Thursday is the latest escalation in a brewing dispute that began when the GOP took majority control of the state's House of ...

Whitmer says Trump told her he would not pardon men convicted in kidnapping plot

June 2, 2025

MACKINAC ISLAND — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says President Donald Trump would be going back on his word to her if he pardoned two men who are serving prison sentences for leading a 2020 plot to kidnap her. Whitmer, a Democrat, told Michigan Public Radio on Thursday that Trump asked her about a ...

Whitmer says willingness to take a ‘few punches’ makes an effective leader

May 31, 2025

MACKINAC ISLAND — Democrat Gretchen Whitmer touted her accomplishments as Michigan's governor in a speech Thursday as she passes the midpoint of her second term and is continuously floated as a potential 2028 presidential candidate. Whitmer, who has been criticized by some Democrats for ...

More storms take aim at central US, where many are digging out from tornado damage

May 20, 2025

LONDON, Ky. (AP) — More severe storms were expected to roll across the central U.S. this week following the weather-related deaths of more than two dozen people and a devastating Kentucky tornado. The National Weather Service said a “multitude of hazardous weather” would impact the U.S. over the next several days — from thunderstorms and potentially baseball-sized hail on the Plains, to heavy mountain snow in the West and dangerous heat in the South. Areas at risk of thunderstorms include communities in Kentucky and Missouri that were hit by Friday’s tornadoes. In London, ...

Smart politics or a publicity stunt? The man behind the latest effort to impeach Donald Trump

May 16, 2025

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan congressman is charging ahead — largely without support from his own party — in his attempt to impeach President Donald Trump, a move that comes as the congressman faces political trouble at home. Second-term U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar has introduced seven articles of impeachment against the Republican president. Thanedar, who represents a safely Democratic Detroit-area district, is facing multiple primary challengers for a second time as some Democrats seek to shake up the party following the 2024 election. Here's the background. Who is Shri ...