Dana Nessel

Food pantries across the region are preparing for an influx of demand as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is set to run out of funding due to the ongoing government shutdown.

The state’s Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday morning that they had been instructed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to pause benefits for the month of November due to the ongoing federal shutdown.

State Attorney General Dana Nessel predicts "it’s only a matter of time” before President Donald Trump tries to send national guard troops to Michigan cities.

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

The 35th state Senate district has been vacant since the beginning of the year. A special election could shift the balance of power in the chamber, with Democrats only holding a one-seat majority.

Around 2,000 protesters marched from Grove Park to the Central Park Bandshell in Midland Saturday as part of the national “No Kings” movement, a coordinated, peaceful protest day calling for the rejection of authoritarianism and political corruption.

Michigan is suing the National Institutes of Health over changes to NIH’s grant policy.The new guidance, which took effect Monday, limits the reimbursement rate for indirect costs related to grant-funded research at 15%. The indirect costs cover spending on areas like facilities and administration, including some personnel.

The case stems from a lawsuit filed in 2019 by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, and the intention was to void a 1953 easement that allowed Enbridge to run the dual pipelines across the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac.

Michigan’s Attorney General is joining Indigenous tribes to better understand and reduce violence against Indigenous people.

The Attorney General’s office is opposing a federal lawsuit attempting to bar the state’s ban on conversion therapy for minors.