Courts

The proportion of inmates older than 65 is growing, driven by longer sentences imposed by judges, Department of Corrections data shows.

Two of former House Speaker Lee Chatfield’s top legislative aides, Anné and Rob Minard, have been sentenced to probation after agreeing to testify against their former boss in his corruption case next year.

The ACLU of Michigan wants records related to allegations of racial profiling, racial discrimination, harassment, or excessive force in the city of Taylor.

More than 30 school districts in Michigan are suing over a stipulation in the state budget that requires them to waive certain legal rights in order to access funding for school safety.

A sudden, unilateral move by Republicans in the Michigan House to cut $645 million in funding for multiyear projects has incensed Democratic lawmakers.

Zebadiah Soriano wants his involuntary statement suppressed, and he wants a sentence that includes putting his name on the state’s sex offender registry reversed.

Michigan Republicans want the state Supreme Court to overturn a ruling saying that all bills passed by both chambers of the Legislature have to go to the governor.

A southeast Michigan parent has filed a Title IX complaint with the U.S. Department of Education over claims a transgender student athlete played against his daughter’s volleyball team.

Michael Carbonara's name appears on the permit application and various business documents in connection with a bitcoin mine in the eastern Upper Peninsula. A local school is suing the operation over the noise being produced by the super computers.

Guidance from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says absentee ballots with mismatched or missing identifying numbers can be counted as challenged ballots. The court struck that down.