Nation Dec 30 Newly legal pot sales in some Midwestern states may spark tensions with others Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and, as Illinois prepares to joins the recreational market on Wednesday, officials are renewing warnings to…
Nation Dec 24 Attorney general suspends Michigan State sex abuse investigation The probe into Michigan State University's handling of complaints against serial abuser Larry Nassar has resulted in charges against three former school officials.
Health Dec 17 Michigan sues opioid distributors, likens to drug dealers The companies each distributed more than 10% of the opioids sent to pharmacies nationwide from 2006 to 2012.
Nation Sep 21 UAW strike puts Trump, GOP in political bind in key states Democrats were quick to back working-class United Auto Workers in their strike against General Motors, delivering doughnuts and holding picket signs outside factories to show solidarity. It’s a union they long have aligned with politically.
Nation Sep 04 Michigan moves to become 1st state to ban flavored e-cigarettes Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the state health department to issue emergency rules that will prohibit the sale of flavored nicotine vaping products.
Nation Aug 12 Michigan State’s deal with feds outlines steps to prevent sexual assaults The deal will resolve a federal civil-rights investigation into Larry Nassar's abuse of young gymnasts and other athletes under the guise of medical treatment.
Education May 28 Michigan State chooses new president after sexual abuse scandal Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr., a medical researcher who has led Stony Brook University in New York for nearly a decade, was named as the next president of Michigan State University.
Politics Apr 25 Judges order Michigan to redraw congressional and legislative maps "Their primary goal was to draw maps that advantaged Republicans, disadvantaged Democrats, and ensured that Republicans could enjoy durable majorities in Michigan's congressional delegation and in both chambers of the Michigan legislature for the entire decade," the judges wrote.
Nation Jan 17 Michigan State interim president ousted in wake of Larry Nassar sex-abuse scandal Michigan State University's Board of Trustees said Thursday that interim president John Engler's resignation is effective immediately.
Nation Nov 20 Former Michigan State president charged with lying to police about Larry Nassar Lou Anna Simon was charged Tuesday with lying to state police during a probe of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse — the fourth person other than the imprisoned ex-campus sports doctor to face criminal charges related to the scandal.