Court of Claims

-The House argued the court needed to step in to prevent the money from going out the door before the matter could be resolved-Most of the money in question might not be eligible for the House’s rejection

The industry claims the wholesale tax will drive its customers to the illegal market, shut down legal businesses, and cost jobs in the nascent marijuana sector

The state has argued in its written briefs that the purpose of the wholesale is to generate $420 million for roads and not to regulate marijuana

The state has not yet filed its reply to the lawsuit

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is suing the state over money set aside for ballparks in Lansing and Utica

The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity is the named defendant

A handful of restrictive abortion laws remain on the books

The Michigan Court of Claims has rejected Robert F. Kennedy Junior’s lawsuit to have his name removed from the state’s presidential ballot. A judge issued the opinion Tuesday

Judge Sima Patel wrote an opinion that declared laws including 24-hour waiting periods and a ban on certain licensed professionals dispensing abortion drugs likely violate the reproductive rights amendment adopted by voters in 2022

The Michigan Court of Claims is fast-tracking a legal challenge to seeking to block former President Donald Trump from appearing on the statewide ballot.