Courts

The lawsuit stems from a 2023 dispute over how a $12.5 million state grant was going to be used to construct a new community center and housing facility in Alcona County.

Michigan courts saw an uptick in the number of cases filed at nearly all levels last year. That’s among the data listed in a new state report summarizing the judicial branch’s work in 2023.

A man fled from Kalamazoo officers after they told him he was being detained. He was convicted of fleeing and resisting police. The question was whether the officers should have chased him in the first place.

A group of Republican state lawmakers is appealing the dismissal of a federal lawsuit to undo some of Michigan’s voter-approved constitutional amendments.

The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on rules covering partisan challengers and poll watchers on Election Day.

The Oxford High School shooter asked Friday for a new hearing in an effort to reduce his sentence of life in prison with no chance for parole.

A Michigan Court of Claims judge is expected to issue a ruling in the next couple of weeks on a legal challenge to the state’s rules on processing absentee ballots.

In a precedent-setting decision, the Michigan Supreme Court will allow a claim of indirect workplace retaliation against an employer.

A lawsuit over state and federal water quality violations in Antrim County will move forward after a federal judge denied a motion to dismiss it.

Former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield pleaded not guilty Thursday to 13 counts of conspiracy and embezzlement charges. His wife, Stephanie Chatfield, pleaded not guilty to three similar counts in the same arraignment hearing.