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Michigan AG supports Metro Times lawsuit for police records in amicus brief
Taking a contrary position from her office in the case, Attorney General Dana Nessel urges Michigan State Police to release the names of all certified cops
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Michigan, Government, News, wandering cops in Michigan, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, police misconduct in Michigan, Michigan State Police
Nessel moves to toss lawsuit by hair salon that said trans people should go to ‘pet groomer’
Traverse City’s Studio 8 Hair Lab claims it has the right to discriminate based on gender identity
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Michigan, News, LGBTQ+, Civil Rights, Michigan, Studio 8 Hair Lab, Traverse City, Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel, transphobia in Michigan, transgender rights in Michigan, Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act
Inside Dana Nessel’s ‘shit show’ Flint water investigation
Ignored legal warnings, ‘overwhelmed’ prosecutors, and the secret testimony of ex-Governor Snyder’s chief of staff
By Jordan Chariton
Tags: Investigations, Crime, Government, News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint water crisis, Dana Nessel, Rick Snyder, Dennis Muchmore, Todd Flood
Ex-Wayne County court assistant charged with embezzling more than $60,000 from a judge
Steven Allen is accused of using a judge’s ATM card to make illegal purchases
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Dana Nessel, Michigan, 36th Circuit Court, Wayne County, judge, embezzlement, Attorney General
28 clergy from Diocese of Gaylord accused of sexual misconduct, Nessel reveals
The disturbing allegations were detailed in a 130-page report
Tags: Michigan, News, Crime, Catholic Church, northern Michigan, Michigan, Diocese of Gaylord, Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel, Sexual abuse
Charlie LeDuff says he’s no partisan hack
The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter insists he’s just a man of the people
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Media, Charlie LeDuff, Dana Nessel, social media, No Bullshit News Hour, Podcast, ML Elrick, ML's Soul of Detroit
Detroit News fires Charlie LeDuff over c-word insult
In an interview with Metro Times, LeDuff was defiant and said he has “nothing to apologize for”
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Media, News, Charlie LeDuff, Detroit News, media, Dana Nessel, Michigan, Attorney General, No BS News Hour, social media
Detroit man convicted after calling 911 and threatening to kill Whitmer, Benson, and others
James Toepler is just the latest person to be charged or convicted of threatening to kill Democrats in Michigan
Tags: Michigan News, News, Crime, Politics & Government, Gov. Whitmer, Jocelyn Benson, Dana Nessel, threats, 911, Detroit, James Toepler, 36th District Court
Nessel, Besson accused of violating the election laws they are responsible for enforcing
Activist Robert Davis alleges the elected officials committed a misdemeanor and should be held accountable
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Jocelyn Benson, Dana Nessel, Robert Davis, politics, Democrats, Secretary of State, Michigan, Attorney General
Lapointe: Democrats benefit as Michigan GOP is consumed by infighting and conspiracy theories
On the Midwest’s progressive ‘Tea Party in reverse’
By Joe Lapointe
Tags: Politics & Elections, Lapointe, Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, Michigan Republicans, Macomb County Republicans, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Dana Nessel, Joe Biden, Michigan politics
16 Michigan Republicans charged with felonies in 2020 fake elector scheme
New Mexico, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin all are looking into groups who reportedly sent fake documents to Washington
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance
Tags: Michigan News, Crime, News, Politics & Elections, Meshawn Maddock, Lansing, Dana Nessel, Donald Trump, Trump indictment
Michigan AG charges 3 in signature fraud scandal involving governor's race
The scandal disqualified five gubernatorial candidates
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General's Office, Willie Reed, Shawn Wilmoth, Jamie Lynn Wilmoth, signature fraud governor's race scandal
Flint STILL has a water crisis — 9 years later
Jordan Chariton reports from Flint on the 9th anniversary of the water crisis and cover up
Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Views & Opinions, Flint water crisis, Dana Nessel, Rick Snyder
String of dispensary break-ins in Michigan leads to charges against 12 suspects
Cannabis businesses are targeted because federal law prevents them from using banks
Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel, Break-ins, dispensaries, cannabis, marijuana, Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act
Judge approves $600 million settlement over Flint water crisis
It’s the largest settlement in Michigan history
Tags: Michigan News, News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint, Flint water crisis, Michigan, Dana Nessel, lawsuits, lead, Michigan Attorney General, Genesee County, Genesee County Circuit Court
Wisconsin man convicted for his role in plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
Brian Higgins faces up to five years in prison
Tags: Michigan News, News, Gov. Whitmer, Michigan, kidnapping plot, Brian Higgins, Wisconsin, terrorism, Attorney General's Office, Dana Nessel
Michigan man convicted of double murder was released from prison after new evidence surfaces
A sheriff’s office withheld critical evidence pointing to another suspect
Tags: Michigan News, News, Jeff Titus, Murder, Kalamazoo County, Attorney General, exonerated, Dana Nessel, University of Michigan Innocence Clinic
Nessel warns of scams in wake of MSU mass shooting
Scammers are selling merchandise and falsely claiming it benefits victims of the massacre
Tags: Michigan News, News, Michigan State University, Spartan Strong Fund, Michigan, Dana Nessel, Attorney general, scams, mass shooting
New: Michigan exploring options to seek higher court input on Line 5 battle
What’s next for ‘Nessel v. Enbridge’?
By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance
Tags: Michigan News, Environment, Line 5, Enbridge, Michigan, Great Lakes, Straits of Mackinac, Dana Nessel
Michigan rejects DTE proposal to start prepayment program because of risk to lower-income customers
Attorney General Dana Nessel said the program lacks consumer protections
Tags: Michigan News, News, DTE Energy, Michigan, Dana Nessel, attorney general
Racist billboards appeared across metro Detroit on Hitler’s birthday
Side Hustle Lounge opens in downtown Detroit just in time for the NFL Draft
By Layla McMurtrie
Bombshell Treat Bar readies to open in Berkley