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Henry Ford College Hosts Women Leaders in Government Conference on Oct. 26, featuring Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson

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Henry Ford College Hosts Women Leaders in Government Conference on Oct. 26, featuring Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson

October 10th, 20230 DEARBORN — Henry Ford College (HFC) will host a public Women Leaders in Government Conference on Thursday, Oct. 26, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Forfa Auditorium on the First Floor of the Andrew A. Mazzara Administrative Services & Conference Center (ASCC) (Building L) on the main campus. The conference will feature leading women...
AG Nessel secures 55 percent reduction in Consumers Energy’s gas rate increase Business

AG Nessel secures 55 percent reduction in Consumers Energy’s gas rate increase

September 2nd, 20230 LANSING – The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has approved a settlement in Consumers Energy Company’s natural gas rate case in which the company sought a rate increase. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel intervened in the case and helped secure a 55 percent reduction in the final requested rate increase from $175...
AG Nessel announces $338 million Walgreens opioid settlement Health

AG Nessel announces $338 million Walgreens opioid settlement

June 16th, 20230 LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced a settlement with Walgreens Pharmacy worth $338 million for its role in Michigan’s opioid epidemic. “The opioid epidemic was born, in part, out of a concert of action by many large corporations who reaped incredible profits as a result,” Nessel said in a press...
Whitmer, Democrats get sweeping wins in divided Michigan Elections

Whitmer, Democrats get sweeping wins in divided Michigan

November 9th, 20220 Governor Whitmer enters her second term with Democrats likely to control all levels of power in the State Capitol for the first time since the 1980s and backed by a dramatic show of voters’ support for keystone Democratic issues, including abortion and voting rights. But even as state Democrats celebrated their sweep of state...
Michigan Election Day guide and endorsements: Who deserves our vote Elections

Michigan Election Day guide and endorsements: Who deserves our vote

November 5th, 20220 Michigan's midterm election is on Tuesday, Nov. 8, and among the races at stake are for governor, secretary of state and attorney general. There are also three ballot proposals that could change the state's constitution, all 13 seats in the U.S. Congress and all the State House and Senate seats. The midterm elections will likely...
Dems, GOP make final push to gain votes among local Arab Americans Community

Dems, GOP make final push to gain votes among local Arab Americans

November 4th, 20221 The last days into a tight race between Democrats and Republicans for control in Michigan have seen a push by both parties to gain favor among local Arab Americans. Though most polls put incumbent Democratic Governor Whitmer ahead of her GOP opponent, Tudor Dixon, the Nov. 8 race is tighter than what the Democrats would have hoped...
Michigan to pay $20M to people wrongly accused of fraud Local

Michigan to pay $20M to people wrongly accused of fraud

October 21st, 20220 LANSING — State lawmakers have agreed to set aside $20 million to settle a lawsuit by thousands of people who were wrongly accused of fraud when seeking unemployment benefits. The money was included in a larger bill recently signed into law by Democratic Governor Whitmer. It followed an agreement reached by the Attorney General’s...
Southfield Clerk resigns after plea agreement in election case Crime

Southfield Clerk resigns after plea agreement in election case

October 20th, 20220 SOUTHFIELD – Southfield City Clerk Sherikia Hawkins has resigned from her position following a plea agreement in an election misconduct case, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced this week. During the 2018 General Election, election inspectors made a mistake and put 193 absentee ballots in the ballot container without...
Former Sacred Heart Parish pastor convicted of criminal sexual conduct Local

Former Sacred Heart Parish pastor convicted of criminal sexual conduct

October 14th, 20220 LANSING – A former Dearborn priest has been convicted of criminal sexual conduct by a jury in Wayne County, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Thursday. Joseph “Jack” Baker, 60, was convicted of first degree criminal sexual conduct — sexual penetration with a person under 13 — in Detroit’s Third Judicial...
How to clear a criminal record in Michigan? Updated website has info Local

How to clear a criminal record in Michigan? Updated website has info

July 22nd, 20220 LANSING — An updated webpage from the state’s attorney general wants to improve the process to expunge a criminal record, following a significant increase in the number of applications submitted to set aside a prior conviction. The Michigan Attorney General's Office said in a press release this week that the state’s...
Governor's order bars agencies from cooperating in other states' abortion prosecutions, asks them to look into increasing reproductive protections Health

Governor’s order bars agencies from cooperating in other states’ abortion prosecutions, asks them to look into increasing reproductive protections

May 27th, 20220 LANSING — As the U.S. Supreme Court gets set to reveal a decision that could overturn the federally established right to abortion access nationwide, states are taking actions to continue those protections on their own. In Michigan, the Democratic officials have taken steps over recent months as the high court presides over a case...
Fadwa Hammoud wins historic argument before U.S. Supreme Court Local

Fadwa Hammoud wins historic argument before U.S. Supreme Court

April 21st, 20221 DEARBORN — Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud has successfully argued before the highest court in the land after first making history as the first Arab American Muslim woman to do so in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justices rendered a 6-3 opinion in Hammoud's favor and in favor of the state’s stance in the...
Whitmer calls on energy companies to increase payouts for power outages Local

Whitmer calls on energy companies to increase payouts for power outages

August 20th, 20210 LANSING - Governor Whitmer is calling on utilities companies to automatically credit Michiganders who experienced recent widespread outages and increase the amount paid out to them towards compensations. DTE Energy drew outrage from customers who lost power for days after last week's storm by offering a tiny credit to their next...
Nessel's office charges two for threats made to officials, including Stabenow Local

Nessel’s office charges two for threats made to officials, including Stabenow

February 23rd, 20210 LANSING – Two men are facing criminal charges for reportedly making threats against public officials in the events leading up to and following the November election, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Tuesday. Daniel Thompson, 62, formerly of Gregory and now living in Harrison, is charged with three counts of...
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