State News

U.S. and Michigan flags at state facilities will fly at half staff today, to honor a Detroit police officer killed in the line of duty. Officer Rasheen McClain was shot November 20th, while investigating a domestic violence home invasion. Another officer, Phillippe Batoum-Bisse, was seriously injured. The man who allegedly …

State Police troopers will be watching extra-closely for impaired drivers over the next several days. As part of the 6-State Trooper Project, extra staff will be assigned to focus on traffic safety issues, with an emphasis on both enforcement and education. The Michigan State Police has been taking part in …

Some of the state budget cuts made by Governor Gretchen Whitmer more than two months ago would be restored under legislation approved yesterday by the state House and Senate. The supplemental budget bill would undo 27 of the 147 line-items Whitmer vetoed, and would also reverse about half of the …

It didn’t take long for Republican leaders in the state legislature to reject Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s request to delay implementation of the work requirement for Medicaid recipients. The rule is still scheduled to take effect January 1st. Medicaid recipients between the ages of 19 and 61 will need to show …

A Michigan State Police trooper will complete a year in jail and serve three years on probation for assaulting a female colleague. 25-year-old Adam S. Mullin was convicted in Huron County on four charges. Court records indicate he was having an affair with the colleague when he threw her across …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has called on the state legislature to hold off on implementing the Medicaid Work Requirement that is set to begin January first. The work requirement was part of the Medicaid expansion approved during the Rick Snyder administration. It calls for most Medicaid recipients between the ages of …

Marijuana is now being sold to adults in Michigan for recreational purposes. The first licensed distribution centers opened yesterday. Arbors Wellness Center in Ann Arbor was chosen to make the first sale. Arbors was an existing medical marijuana supplier. The first customer was 78-year-old John Sinclair, who became the center …

A second Michigander has died from the mysterious outbreak of lung injuries related to vaping. News of the death of an adult male was released last week. Because of medical privacy issues, no other details have been made public. 56 cases of the lung ailment have been reported in Michigan. …

Michigan will use a statewide media blitz to try to change public feeling about opioid addiction. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joneigh Khaldun says it’s important to break the stereotypes associated with dependency – that those affected are “junkies,” that it’s some sort of …

Michigan’s Medicaid work requirement is being challenged in court by a group of state and national health care advocates. The Healthy Michigan Plan rule is scheduled to take effect January 1st. It mandates that most recipients of the expanded Medicaid program show that they work at least 80 hours per …