Trump seeks to remain on 2024 Michigan ballot

November 1, 2023

LANSING — Former President Donald Trump is asking a court to prevent Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson from leaving his name off the 2024 primary ballot. In a filing made Monday in the Michigan Court of Claims, Trump’s attorneys also want the court to declare that Benson has neither the duty nor authority to assess Trump’s constitutional qualifications to serve as president. Trump’s filing is in response to efforts by activists in Michigan who have asked a judge to order Benson to keep his name off any ballot for president. They point to a section of the U.S. ...

Townships keep pensions fully funded

November 1, 2023

By DREYMA BERONJA Journal Staff Writer NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP — There’s been a lot of talk in the last decade about the state of municipal government. Some municipal plans in Michigan have been in the red for some time. Recently, some of those municipalities have gotten help to right the ship. In fact, two Marquette County townships have fully funded their MERS - and they did it all by themselves. Negaunee and Ishpeming townships were the only two municipalities in Marquette County with fully funded MERS plans, according to the Michigan Department of Treasury’s fiscal year 2022 ...

Investigation: threat assessment should have been done before the Oxford school shooting

November 1, 2023

OXFORD, (AP) — Officials with Michigan’s Oxford High School should have conducted a threat assessment into Ethan Crumbley’s behavior prior to a shooting that left four students dead and others wounded, an independent investigation concluded. Crumbley’s conduct included viewing ...

Autoworkers reach deal with Ford, breakthrough toward ending strikes against Detroit automakers

October 28, 2023

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union said Wednesday it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Ford that could be a breakthrough toward ending the nearly 6-week-old strikes against Detroit automakers. The four-year deal, which still has to be approved by 57,000 union members at the company, could bring a close to the union’s series of strikes at targeted factories run by Ford, General Motors and Jeep maker Stellantis. The Ford deal could set the pattern for agreements with the other two automakers, where workers will remain on strike. The UAW called on all workers ...

Democrats’ divisions on Israel-Hamas war boil over in Michigan as Detroit-area Muslims feel betrayed

October 27, 2023

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press DEARBORN — Many of Michigan’s top Democrats, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, took part in a huge pro-Israel rally at a suburban Detroit synagogue days after Hamas’ deadly attack on the country earlier this month, with ...

General Motors and Stellantis in talks with United Auto Workers to reach deals that mirror Ford’s

October 27, 2023

DETROIT — General Motors and Jeep maker Stellantis are meeting with United Auto Workers bargainers Thursday to see if they can reach a contract agreement that mirrors a deal signed with crosstown rival Ford. Nearly 17,000 striking workers at Ford left the picket lines when the agreement ...