Blog tagged as Judicial

JTC Wants Review Following Questions Of Racial Bias

06/14/23 10:17 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
JTC Wants Review Following Questions Of Racial Bias
The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission is seeking an independent review of the racial composition of the judges about whom the Commission receives complaints and the disposition of those complaints.

Whitmer Kidnap Plot Suspect Changes Plea To Guilty

06/08/23 11:06 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Whitmer Kidnap Plot Suspect Changes Plea To Guilty
A Belleville man accused of conducting surveillance near the Governor’s vacation home entered a guilty plea Wednesday.

Expanded Anti-Hate Crime Package Gets Hearing

06/07/23 03:30 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Expanded Anti-Hate Crime Package Gets Hearing
Many would argue that Michigan doesn't have adequate penalties to punish those who commit hate crimes. That could change, however, under a package of bills currently being considered in the House’s Criminal Justice Committee.

Ford's New $3.5B EV Battery Park Comes With $210M From SOAR

02/14/23 06:15 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Ford's New $3.5B EV Battery Park Comes With $210M From SOAR

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 02/13/2023)  (ROMULUS) – Ford Motor Company is dropping $3.5 billion to create an electric vehicle battery park in Marshall, which Michigan's economic development corporation is hoping to back with a $210 million state-funded attraction award. 

 

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Attorney: Gov Can View Income Tax Trigger As Unconstitutional

02/07/23 03:59 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Attorney: Gov Can View Income Tax Trigger As Unconstitutional
Steve Liedel, chief legal counsel to former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, believes the mechanism used to determine a possible income tax rollback "likely violates Michigan's constitution," and could provide grounds for the current governor not to comply.