Courts

Stephanie Chatfield, the wife of former House Speaker Lee Chatfield, finalized a plea agreement that could leave her with no criminal conviction.

President Donald Trump’s four judicial nominees for federal judgeships told a Senate panel Wednesday that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election “as a matter of law.”

Federal prosecutors today unsealed an indictment against eight individuals associated with the University of Michigan, alleging they conspired to threaten university officials, law enforcement and businesses.

A Honolulu man indicted for threatening to kill Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has a history of making threats against political leaders, including threats to kill a former Republican president and vice president.

A judge on Tuesday blocked Michigan from sending more taxpayer money to two baseball stadium projects, ruling the earmarks may have violated the state Constitution because they lacked the required supermajority support in the Legislature.

A former Detroit judge who has been prohibited from serving on the bench for six years has not given up her fight to get on the 2026 ballot.

Politically connected entrepreneur Fay Beydoun has been charged with 16 counts in connection with the way she spent a $20 million legislative grant.

One of the Republicans' two likely state Supreme Court nominees, Oscoda Judge Cassandra L. Morse-Bills, is being accused in a whistleblower suit of improperly exchanging text messages with a juror in a sex assault case.

A Royal Oak woman is taking her fight to get her name on the Aug. 4 Republican primary ballot for U.S. Senate to the federal appeals court.

The federal government wants a court order invalidating Washtenaw County officials’ policy outlining law enforcement’s response to immigration efforts.

A religious-based law firm told an appellate panel Thursday they’ve suffered reputational harm after Attorney General Dana Nessel labeled them as a hate group.

The former Yale Chamber of Commerce treasurer, the wife of Sen. Dan Lauwers (R-Brockway), has been charged with embezzling funds from the organization.

A House subcommittee gave former Republican Attorney General candidate Matt DePerno an opportunity Wednesday morning to argue that Attorney General Dana Nessel is using her office to seek political retribution against him for openly pursuing four felony charges against him for challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election in Antrim County.

A U.S. District Court judge says the government proved DTE expanded its factory on Zug Island in River Rouge without the proper approvals and must pay a $100 million civil penalty.

A Center Line man was sentenced on Friday to 10 months in federal prison for posting online threats to assassinate Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and making calls threatening DTE Energy shareholders.

The University of Michigan historical library must release the papers given to them by a deceased white nationalist under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), even though the school promised to keep them sealed until 2035, the Court of Appeals ruled Friday

U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s prosecutors failed to get a grand jury indictment against her for her role in a 90-second social media video reminding Armed Services members they should disobey illegal orders.

Lawsuits against the Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy (EGLE) arising out of elevated lead levels in Benton Harbor water will continue after an appeals panel denied the state’s request to dismiss the cases.

A Michigan Court of Appeals panel held this week that an Otsego County barbecue restaurant’s lawsuit challenging the local health department’s pandemic-related orders is moot.

The Attorney General on Monday described two Virginia men sentenced for 2020 robocalls targeting Detroit's black voters as "sociopaths" likely to re-offend.