Michigan Court of Claims

Michigan's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is supporting Michigan fairgrounds with $525,000 in grants, Michigan's clean energy standards would go away under bills passed in the Michigan House of Representatives, and more.

The lawsuit was filed by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy to challenge methods used by lawmakers to avoid having to muster supermajorities

The Village of Sand Lake will remain village after a proposal to dissolve the municipality did not pass, the Michigan Supreme Court is taking up the question of what should be done with bulls passed by the state Legislature but never delivered to the Governor, and more.

-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 state argues the new tax is not an amendment to the marijuana initiative, but a new and separate law to raise revenue for roads

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 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

Almost a year after 15 year old Amillier Penn was shot and killed, the GRPD say they have enough evidence to charge another teen with the murder, a Michigan Court of Claims judge has struck down many abortion restrictions, and more.