LANSING — After much hand wringing and consternation from lawmakers who feared detrimental effects to Michigan’s cannabis industry, the Michigan Senate voted early Friday morning by a thin margin to pass a 24% wholesale tax on marijuana products sold in the state. The measure is estimated ...
LANSING — The ACLU of Michigan filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Sept. 29 seeking bond hearings for, and the release of, eight Michigan residents currently in immigration detention. The lead defendant in the case is Jose Daniel ...
LANSING — For Michigan’s Democrats in the U.S. House, the federal government shutdown comes down to one issue — health care affordability. In a joint press conference held Wednesday morning, hours after Congress missed the deadline to pass a federal budget, all six of the state’s ...
LANSING — The ACLU of Michigan and the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center have issued new legal guidance to local law enforcement agencies around the state on how to engage with federal immigration authorities — and urging them not to do any of that enforcement themselves. The guidance, ...
LANSING — Much has been said about the Michigan House Republican claims about “waste, fraud and abuse” in government and the allegedly bloated budgets the state has produced since the pandemic days of 2020, but for Speaker Matt Hall, the “ghost jobs” issue is a real problem. The ...
LANSING — A cadre of unions representing a wide swath of workers across Michigan on Wednesday demanded that the Legislature, at long last, agree to a budget deal before the current fiscal year ends next week. Michigan is careening toward a government shutdown because the House and Senate ...