-
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.
-
One of the most anticipated decisions this year from the Michigan Supreme Court will soon determine the fate of the state’s minimum wage and earned sick leave laws. A decision is expected soon as the Supreme Court session wraps up at the end of the month.
-
The Michigan Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on a legal challenge to the Secretary of State’s guidelines for poll challengers at voting places on election day. That is after the state’s highest court heard oral arguments Tuesday.
-
The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on rules covering partisan challengers and poll watchers on Election Day.
-
The Michigan Supreme Court turned down a request Friday to order that a petition to raise the state’s minimum wage be certified to the November ballot.
-
The Michigan Court of Appeals has dismissed lawsuits challenging a state policy that denies on-the-job injury benefits to many undocumented workers.
-
In a precedent-setting decision, the Michigan Supreme Court will allow a claim of indirect workplace retaliation against an employer.
-
The challenge claims Michigan’s gun law is not consistent with the nation's historic traditions of gun regulation when the Second and 14th amendments were adopted.
-
The Michigan Court of Appeals says a defendant in a murder case was not denied a fair trial when a key prosecution witness wore a COVID-19 face mask while testifying.