University of Michigan's IT department suggests terms like ‘picnic’ and ‘brown bag’ are offensive

Associated Press report that Michigan’s former governor, Rick Snyder, will be charged for his role in the Flint water crisis has made him hopeful that “justice is happening” for the Flint community.“Our longtime demands may have finally been met!” Moore said in a Facebook post on Tuesday. “Let’s hope justice is happening.

Several Michigan officials have been told they will be charged in connection with the Flint water crisis, which saw lead-contaminated water cause a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak several years ago.  It was not clear what specific charges will be leveled on former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director Nick Lyon and other administration officials.

A state panel on Monday banned the open carry of guns in Michigan’s Capitol, a week after an armed mob rioted in the U.S. Capitol and following a plot last year to storm the statehouse.

The Michigan State Capitol was briefly evacuated and temporarily closed on Thursday as police investigated a possible bomb threat, according to officials. The State Capitol Facilities Control Office received a call at 6:40 a.m.

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer raised eyebrows Wednesday after she tweeted a photo of a prayer candle featuring Stacey Abrams' face.

Meek Mill and Jay-Z‘s criminal justice reform organisation REFORM Alliance.On Monday (January 4), three new laws were passed that will significantly reshape the US state’s probation and parole system.Laws SB 1048, SB 1050 and SB 1051 will reduce adult felony probation sentences in Michigan from five years to three years, prevent endless extensions on misdemeanour and felony probation terms, limit jail sanctions for technical probation violations and require parole supervision terms to be

Authorities confirmed that three people died Saturday after the small plane they were flying in crashed into a residential home in Michigan, setting the house ablaze as its five occupants rushed to safety. The plane careened into a home in Lyon Township, Mich.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – A Delaware man charged with plotting to kidnap the governor of Michigan is asking to be released from prison as he awaits court hearings.

Police on Monday announced an investigation into the October shooting death of a Michigan teenager after they learned that Russian roulette was being played at the time of the incident, according to authorities. "After interviews and the collection of evidence, it was determined that some occupants of the house were playing Russian roulette," the Burton Police Department wrote on Facebook.

Rep.-elect Lisa McClain, a small business owner, rose from political obscurity to win a hard-fought open congressional seat in Michigan -- all while maintaining a positive outlook and energy. McClain recently told Fox News her top priority as an elected official will be focusing on jobs and the economy.

Investigators in Michigan reported the discovery of a second body inside a Detroit-area home where a woman was found dead and her husband critically wounded, according to a report. Police said the third person was a man but did not disclose more details about his identity, FOX 2 of Detroit reported.On Wednesday morning, Maria Ortega, 77, was found fatally stabbed in the Garden City home and her husband, Juan, 77, was hospitalized after he was found wounded, the report said.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday granted clemency to four prisoners, making them immediately eligible for parole consideration, according to reports.

Federal delays in Pfizer vaccine distributions have left states wondering when they can expect shipments, as COVID cases spike nationally. "I still cannot get a straight answer out of the Trump administration about why Michigan, like many other states, is receiving a fraction of the vaccines that we were slated to receive," Michigan Gov.

A Michigan congressman introduced a bill Thursday to end civil asset forfeiture, which allows police to seize a person's property on the suspicion that it was used in a crime.  "Civil asset forfeiture is a due process violation, and it always has been," Rep. Justin Amash, L-Mich., said Thursday.

The coronavirus shutdown is killing a beloved Michigan bowling alley, the owner shared in a viral post online, but he told "Fox & Friends" the response has been "absolutely overwhelming." "She is dying. Something is killing her and she is being told that she needs to be sacrificed.

A Detroit-area man upset that his parents asked him to turn off his video game while in their bedroom last week so they could go to sleep flew into a rage and stabbed them, with his stepdad succumbing to his injuries days later, authorities said.  Christopher McKinney, 29, of Madison Heights, faces several charges related to the Dec.

An 18-year-old Michigan college student was found dead on campus over the weekend in what police are investigating as a "suspicious" death. A runner stumbled upon Taylor DeRosa’s body Saturday morning on a trail near several athletic fields at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan Live reported.

A Michigan youth basketball coach is charged in connection to the beating of his 3-month-old child's mother that was so severe that she will need facial reconstruction, according to media reports.  Oakland County Sheriff's deputies responded to reports of an injured female Saturday in Orion Charter Township outside Detroit. They learned that the woman had walked to a neighbor's home seeking help and said her infant had been taken by her fiance and the child's father -- who has been identified as

Dominion Voting Systems CEO John Poulos said Tuesday his company has been a part of "a dangerous and reckless disinformation campaign” and defended the validity of the election results to Michigan’s Senate Oversight Committee.

Michigan’s legislation bodies granted the state’s Senate and House Oversight Committees subpoena powers Tuesday, in order to allow the elected state officials greater range to investigate allegations of irregularities in the 2020 presidential election.