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Advocates for a $15 minimum wage will need to get the Court of Appeals to put their request before the state Legislature for adoption after the Board of State Canvassers declined to advance it over a strange inconsistency in the proposal.

The state unemployment rate went up two-tenths of a percent to 3.9% after a tick up in August, according to Department of Technology, Management and Budget data.

One of the 16 GOP self-proclaimed electors who signed a certificate declaring former President Donald Trump as the state’s 2020 presidential winner reached a deal that dismissed his criminal charges.

The Senate approved, 30-8, legislation stripping pharmaceutical manufacturers of their 28-year-old immunity from product-liability damages for U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs.

Rep. Joey Andrews (D-St. Joseph), who Wednesday voted yes in committee on a four-bill package shifting siting authority of wind and solar facilities to the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), has ed ownership of a solar installation company in his hometown, called Parasol Solar.