A Westland man who sent "nonsensical, harassing, racist and threatening" emails to Governor Gretchen Whitmer over the course of several years pleaded no contest to one count of using a computer to commit a crime and one count of malicious use of a telecommunications service, the Department of Attorney General announced Monday.
The Department of State Police on Friday said it completed its investigation into the April 27 death of Samuel Sterling who was killed after being hit by an unmarked state police car, and is turning over its report and all complied evidence to the Department of Attorney General.
Members of public boards with disabilities would be able to obtain accommodations to participate in public meetings and vote under the Open Meetings Act under legislation introduced Thursday by Senate Democrats.
Attorney General Dana Nessel filed testimony with state regulators Thursday calling for a $266 million rate increase request from DTE Gas Company to be reduced by more than half, citing expenses including reimbursement for corporate jet travel as unnecessary.
The Department of Attorney General plans to sue the fossil fuel industry for the damage she says oil and gas companies have had on the climate and is recruiting attorneys and law firms to pursue that litigation on behalf of the state.
One of the men accused and later acquitted by a jury for allegedly offering material assistance in the plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer is now running for Wexford County sheriff.
LIVONIA – With summer recess looming, Senate Education Committee Chair Sen. Dayna Polehanki told Gongwer News Service she wants to see legislation expanding teacher certification exams allowed in the state, while a potential home school registry is no longer a priority.
Stefanie Lambert Junttila, who is already facing charges for allegedly unlawfully obtaining and tampering with voting equipment from various localities, was charged Wednesday with breaching voter data along with her client, former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott.
A bipartisan bill package that would allow some prisoners to earn productivity credits to reduce their sentences was introduced Tuesday in the Senate, a move the lead bill sponsor said has proven effective in other states and would improve recidivism rates if enacted into law.
A former aide to ex-Governor Rick Snyder has made good on his plans to sue the Department of Attorney General's top official and the appointed prosecutors who led the failed Flint water criminal cases.