Courts

A 24% wholesale tax on cannabis was the linchpin of a state budget deal adopted in a chaotic process that took lawmakers beyond their deadline to pass a spending plan.

Authorities say one of the teens shot and killed a city Parking Services worker and shot at — and narrowly missed — a Traverse City police officer during a later foot pursuit.

A state judicial task force is calling for a local court funding overhaul so local judges will have fewer incentives to squeeze defendants for revenue. That is part of a plan to bring courts into a compliance with an 11-year-old Michigan Supreme Court decision that money from fines and fees can’t be used to pay courts’ day-to-day operating costs.

Right to Life of Michigan has notified the state it will appeal a federal judge’s dismissal of its challenge to the state’s 2022 voter-approved abortion rights amendment.

The Michigan Court of Appeals says the Republican-controlled state House cannot sit on nine bills adopted last year when Democrats were in control.

An animal rights group plans to appeal a case to the Michigan Supreme Court, seeking an unlawful imprisonment hearing for six chimpanzees at an Upper Peninsula zoo.

The event was part of the Court Community Connections program, which mains to help teach students about the judicial system.

The Michigan Court of Appeals is being asked to order a hearing in a case that alleges a zoo is violating the habeas corpus rights of chimpanzees against unlawful confinement.

The state says the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center missed the window to sue. The group says the harm of the state's policy is ongoing.

Thomas Evans comes to Lake County after having served as the prosecutor for Luce County in the eastern Upper Peninsula.