November 9th, 20180LANSING — All three of the statewide proposals in Michigan passed on Tuesday, November 6.
Proposal One, which legalized recreational marijuana for adults, passed overwhelmingly, 55 to 44 percent, with 2,344,450 voters approving it and 1,849,005 voting no.
Proposal Two's passage means an independent redistricting commission...
October 28th, 20180DETROIT — Community leaders and advocacy groups voiced during a news conference Tuesday their opposition to a measure on the Nov. 6 ballot that asks Michigan voters to decide on legalization of recreational marijuana use.
Proposal 18-1, “supports the very issues that are harming our neighborhoods and killing our families,” said...
September 14th, 20180LANSING — A recent survey by the Detroit News and WDIV-TV found that Michigan voters favor a recreational marijuana initiative on the ballot this November.
The new poll of 600 Michiganders suggests marijuana Proposal 1 would pass comfortably nine weeks before the election, while Proposal 2, to end gerrymandering, was split in...
July 27th, 20181By Tamara Ajjour and Eman Jassem
The Arab American News interns
DEARBORN — On November 6, Michigan residents will be able to decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. In the United States, nine states and Washington D.C. have already legalized recreational use of the drug.
If the drug is legalized,...
June 9th, 20181LANSING — The state legislature decided on Tuesday the issue of legalizing marijuana for recreational use will be up to voters to decide in the November election.
Senate Republicans had wanted to take up and pass the measure so they could amend it and keep it off the Nov. 6 general election ballot. They instead deferred to the House...
December 2nd, 20172LANSING — While supporters of a ballot proposal to legalize marijuana for recreational use cleared their first hurdle by turning in more than enough signatures to tentatively qualify for the November 2018 ballot, more challenges are on the horizon.
An opposing committee — Healthy and Productive Michigan — formed on Wednesday to...
