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County prosecutors can enforce Michigan abortion ban, appeals court rules

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Monday that county prosecutors can enforce Michigan's ban on abortion despite a state judge's injunction currently blocking state officials from enforcing the ban.

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Local prosecutors can enforce Michigan's pre-Roe abortion ban, court rules

The appeals court said county prosecutors can enforce the law. The state is still blocked from doing so.

Axios

Freedom Caucus attacks marriage equality

Republicans are returning to an anti-LGBTQ platform in a post-Roe America

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Infertility patients fear abortion bans could affect access to IVF treatment

As more states outlaw abortion, some define human life as starting at fertilization. Some patients and health care workers worry that this could jeopardize in vitro fertilization treatments.

WEKU

Flint water crisis costs Michigan $53 million in legal bills so far

DETROIT — The state has spent nearly $53 million since 2016 for both the prosecution and defense of Michigan's top officials in the Flint water criminal and civil litigation, with costs spanning four departments and at least 25 state employees, according to records obtained and reviewed by The Detroit News.

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Pete Buttigieg says family ties spurred his move to Michigan

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday the family connections of his husband, Chasten, helped inspire their decision to officially become Michiganians.

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Michigan attorney general issues consumer alert on health apps after abortion ruling

LANSING, Mich. — With an abortion ban potentially looming, Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a consumer alert Tuesday, advising Michiganians to "very carefully review" policies for cell phone applications that hold personal health data.

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Nessel's office to judge: Ignore Supreme Court's order to dismiss Flint defendant's charges

DETROIT — Following a Tuesday defeat in the Michigan Supreme Court, Attorney General Dana Nessel's office on Friday sought to lessen the effects of the high court order on its Flint water prosecution by asking a lower court to maintain the validity of the charges instead of granting the nine…

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EXPLAINER: Years later, Flint water court fight drags on

Michigan authorities have long promised to hold key officials criminally responsible for lead in Flint's water back in 2014 and 2015

The Independent UK

Charges spiked against ex-governor, 8 others in Flint water

The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that a judge had no authority to issue indictments in the Flint water scandal

The Independent UK

Whitmer again asks Michigan Supreme Court to end 'confusion' over state abortion ban

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made a third appeal Monday to the Michigan Supreme Court to immediately consider her lawsuit challenging the state abortion ban, asking the high court to rule definitively on the constitutionality of the law.

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What loss of Roe means for women who want abortions in Michigan

Abortions continue to be legal in Michigan after a 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Friday that overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision enshrining abortion rights in the U.S. Constitution.

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Trump electors in Michigan being served with federal subpoenas

LANSING, Mich. — Some of the 16 Michigan Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming to cast the state's electoral votes for former President Donald Trump in December 2020 are receiving grand jury subpoenas from federal officials, according to multiple sources.

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Ex-Michigan elections director: False electors' actions should be reviewed

LANSING, Mich. — The actions of 16 Republicans who signed a false certificate claiming Donald Trump won Michigan in 2020 deserve a "close look" from law enforcement investigators, a former state elections director said.

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Michigan set to pay $200,000 on 2020 lawsuit over Gov. Whitmer's COVID pandemic orders

DETROIT — The state of Michigan will pay about $200,000 in attorney fees and costs in relation to a lawsuit that toppled Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's emergency powers more than six months into the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Michigan attorney general raises $1.8 million this election cycle

According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Michigan Secretary of State, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has raised $1.8 million and spent $389,382 between Jan. 1, 2021, and Apr. 20, 2022. Nessel is currently ranked fourth in state-level donations in the 2022 election cycle.

WEKU

Some lawmakers hope to crack down on drag shows watched by children

Republican legislators in Florida, Arizona, Texas and other states have proposed to ban minors from drag shows.

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Michigan attorney general offers Oxford schools weapon-detecting dog, renews effort to review mass shooting

DETROIT — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has offered Oxford Community Schools the use of a dog trained to detect explosives and firearms along with a handler at the high school next school year.

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Overcharged at Meijer? What to know about card processing issues that have plagued retailers

Meijer customers recently reported a host of issues with payment processing, including some who had duplicate charges when paying with a card the past few weeks.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Trump repeatedly told fraud claims baseless, panel hears

William Barr said ex-president’s allegations were ‘bullshit’, while several advisers told him not to declare victory on election night. Plus, The Bourne Identity at 20

The Guardian - US

‘This is not hopeless’: the progressive prosecutors who vow not to enforce abortion bans

The end of Roe could usher in a complex legal landscape with different enforcement regimes in different states, and even within them

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Ryan Kelley's arrest could boost GOP hopeful in primary race for Michigan governor, experts say

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Republican Ryan Kelley's arrest this week on misdemeanor charges tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol could help his campaign for governor in the upcoming GOP primary, according to Michigan political observers from both sides of the aisle.

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Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley arrested on Jan. 6 riot-related charges

ALLENDALE, Mich. — FBI agents arrested Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley on Thursday on misdemeanor charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, injecting a new round of turmoil into Michigan's upcoming primary election.

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Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidate Kelley arrested on Jan. 6 riot-related charges

FBI agents arrested Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley on misdemeanor charges related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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Michigan secretary of state interviewed again by Jan. 6 committee ahead of public hearings

WASHINGTON — Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson was interviewed last week by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

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