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Abuse, neglect common in Michigan nursing homes -- and no one is coming to help

The plea was desperate: Help!

Her roommate called for help from a nurse.

 

Michigan quickly deletes government chats, raising transparency questions

Want to know what top Michigan economic development officials were chatting about online as their office was raided by Attorney General Dana Nessel in June amid an earmark embezzlement investigation?

 

Michigan’s new pot tax still a go after judge denies injunction to block it

A Court of Claims judge has declined to block a 24% wholesale tax on Michigan’s marijuana less than a month before it’s scheduled to go into effect but allowed the cannabis industry’s challenge to the tax to proceed.

 

Michigan gun task force: Ban assault weapons, raise minimum buying age

Michigan’s Gun Violence Prevention Task Force is calling on the state to ban assault weapons, close a concealed pistol license “loophole” and increase the minimum age to buy guns to 21.

 

Citing threats, Michigan lawmakers race to grow police power, hide addresses

Three weeks ago, state Rep. Angela Rigas woke up to the sound of protesters chanting outside her west Michigan home.

 

Michigan’s new political transparency portal delayed by months, company isn’t meeting state goals

Michigan’s new political transparency portal was delayed by months amid growing tensions between state officials and the contractor hired to build the system, according to emails obtained by Bridge Michigan.

 

Michigan lawmakers pitch earmarks — including a critic who called them ‘quid pro quo’

Michigan’s process for lawmakers earmarking funding has been rife with controversy for years, in part because some requests have been tucked away in huge spending bills.