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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.

A Court of Claims judge has invited former President Donald J. Trump and/or his presidential campaign to seek involvement in two lawsuits challenging his place on the state's 2024 presidential primary and general election ballots.

A federal judge declined to dismiss the criminal case against former Rep. Larry Inman, who is accused of soliciting a bribe in the form of a campaign contribution for a vote on repealing prevailing wage in 2018.

The Attorney General’s Flint water prosecution team appeared to grudgingly accept defeat Wednesday as the Michigan Supreme Court declined to hear appeals challenging the dismissal of criminal charges against seven former state officials.

With Friday's not-guilty verdicts in the cases of three alleged Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping conspirators, the first round of judicial action against the 14 charged men is complete. Federal and state prosecutors recorded four plea deals, five convictions following trials and five acquittals.