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Michigan News

Flint water charges against Snyder dismissed

By ED WHITE Associated Press FLINT — A judge dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water crisis, months after the state Supreme Court said indictments returned by a one-person grand jury were invalid. Snyder, a Republican who left office in ...

Payroll error; Village employees got paid twice; official quits

ELK RAPIDS (AP) — The village manager in a northern Michigan community has resigned after an investigation of $32,000 in mistaken payroll payments to public workers. The error in Elk Rapids occurred in October 2021, but the public was in the dark for nearly a year until a resident began ...

Recount: Local precincts participate in statewide event

By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — A partial recount for Proposal 2022-3 in various local and regional precincts got underway on Friday at the Marquette Township Hall. The Election Integrity Fund and Force recently filed a partial recount petition for proposals 2022-2 ...

Judge in Snyder case moves to federal court

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT — A judge who was expected to make a major decision in a Flint water case against former Gov. Rick Snyder has been promoted to federal court, leaving him and his defense team to wonder what’s next. Genesee County Judge F. Kay Behm was approved ...

Rejected charter school to apply in Tennessee again

By JONATHAN MATTIS Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A contentious charter school operator linked to a conservative Michigan college is taking another swing at opening schools in three Tennessee counties that have previously rejected them, as well as in two new counties. The letters of ...