State News

Michigan’s employment picture continued to brighten in October. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate 5.5 percent was the lowest it’s been since the pandemic hit in March. Figures released yesterday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget also placed the state 1.4 percent below the national average – something …

The Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers want to change their votes on certifying the results of the November election – again. Monica Palmer and William Hartmann made national news Monday night, when they refused to certify the Wayne County results, even though no evidence of vote …

Michigan’s Republican legislative leaders have shot down a proposed effort to impeach Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The movement was started by conservative Representative Matt Maddock of Milford Township, who said earlier this week that he plans to introduce an impeachment measure in the State House. In a Facebook post, he …

Wayne County has finally certified its November election results. A deal struck last night between state Republicans and Democrats ended the stalemate that had threatened to send the fate of Michigan’s presidential electors down an uncharted path. The impasse began when the two Republicans on the Wayne County Board of …

Some Canadian officials are unhappy with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s order to shut down the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline. Ontario Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines Greg Rickford said the shutdown will put more than 4,900 jobs at risk, while putting Ontario and Michigan’s daily energy supply in jeopardy. …

The private citizens who had filed a federal lawsuit to try to get all of the votes cast in three Michigan counties in the recent presidential election thrown out have given up before the case could be heard. Yesterday, the plaintiffs filed paperwork with the United States District Court for …

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has issued an Epidemic Order, to try to slow the skyrocketing increase of COVID-19 cases in the state.  The mandate stops well short of the stay-at-home order Governor Gretchen Whitmer imposed at the outbreak of the pandemic last spring, but will still …

Yet another attempt by Republicans to slow down or stop Michigan’s electoral process has been thrown out of court. On Friday, Wayne County Circuit Judge Timothy Kenny rejected a request by Republicans to halt the certification of election results in Detroit and Wayne County, and order an independent accounting. In …

An Upper Peninsula legislator has ripped Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s order that the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline be shut down. In a statement released Friday, Marquette Democrat Sara Cambensy decried the “lack of leadership and carelessness from the Governor’s office” in deciding to “turn its back on an industry that provides …

A federal lawsuit initiated by a group of private citizens is asking that all the votes cast in the presidential election last week in three Michigan counties be thrown out. The action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, although the areas being targeted …