Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance One day after the Michigan House passed a resolution memorializing three victims killed at Michigan State University on Monday, while grieving peers watched from seats in the gallery above, the Senate on Thursday heard eight speeches expressing similar sentiments before introducing several bills to address …
Read More »‘Ringleader’ In Gov. Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Ordered To Serve 16 Years
Jon King, Michigan Advance The man called the “driving force” behind a plot to kidnap and assassinate Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 has been sentenced to prison, although not nearly as long as prosecutors had sought. Adam Fox, 39, was ordered by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker on Tuesday …
Read More »State Board Certifies Michigan Election Results Despite Protest From Some GOP Candidates
Allison R. Donahue, Michigan Advance The Michigan Board of State Canvassers unanimously voted Monday to certify the results of the Nov. 8 election. The midterm election resulted in victories for the three Democratic incumbents in the top statewide offices. Democrats in Michigan also took control of both the state House …
Read More »State Rep. Kyra Harris Bolden To Be First Black Female Michigan Supreme Court Justice
Allison R. Donahue, Michigan Advance Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Tuesday afternoon that state Rep. Kyra Harris Bolden (D-Southfield) will be joining the state Supreme Court upon current Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack’s retirement. Bolden will be the first Black woman to serve on the high court and …
Read More »Election Deniers Lose Attempts To Control Elections In Critical Battleground States
Kira Lerner, Pennsylvania Capital-Star Several prominent Republican candidates who denied the results of the 2020 election lost their races on Tuesday, but other critical races featuring election deniers have not been called. Going into Election Day, election deniers were on the ballot in around half of the races for governor …
Read More »Obama Rallies With Michigan Democratic Ticket, Speaks Out Against Political Division
Kyle Davidson, Michigan Advance In the packed gymnasium of Detroit’s Renaissance High School, the Michigan Democratic ticket rallied alongside former president Barack Obama on Saturday, asking supporters to bring their friends, family and neighbors to the polls. With 10 days until the election, the candidates and officials emphasized the importance …
Read More »Three More Men Convicted Of Plot To Kidnap And Kill Michigan Gov. Whitmer
Jon King, Michigan Advance Three suspects charged with supporting a plot that sought to kidnap and assassinate Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have been convicted on all charges. A Jackson County jury rendered the verdicts Wednesday morning against Joe Morrison, 28, Pete Musico, 44, and Paul Bellar, 24, finding them guilty …
Read More »Michigan Court Rules In Favor Of Putting Abortion Rights Petition On November Ballot
Barbara Rodriguez This story originally appeared at The 19th The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a petition over whether to add a constitutional amendment expanding abortion rights must be on the ballot this fall. In a 5-2 decision, the state’s high court directed an election board to certify a …
Read More »Two Men Convicted In Plot To Kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer
Two men whose first trial on charges of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 ended in a mistrial, have been convicted by a second jury. Adam Fox, 39, and Barry Croft Jr., 46, were found guilty in federal court in Grand Rapids Tuesday morning on conspiracy charges …
Read More »Judge Blocks Enforcement Of Michigan’s ‘chilling and dangerous’ Abortion Ban
Jon King, Michigan Advance An Oakland County judge has ruled that an injunction on Michigan’s abortion ban will remain in effect, preventing local prosecutors from enforcing a 1931 law which prohibits doctors in the state from performing any abortions except to save the life of the “pregnant woman.” Circuit Court …
Read More »African-American Leaders Lament Loss of Black Representation For Detroit
Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance Charles Diggs Jr. became the first African American to serve on Capitol Hill in Michigan. He was first elected in 1954. Since then, at least one African American has represented in Congress a portion of Detroit — the largest majority-Black city in the nation — with …
Read More »Michigan GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ryan Kelley Arrested By FBI
by Jon King, Michigan Advance June 9, 2022 Updated, 2:20 p.m., 6/9/22 with additional reporting Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley was arrested by the FBI Thursday morning at his home in Allendale Township in West Michigan. FBI spokesperson Mara Schneider told Michigan Advance that she could only confirm FBI …
Read More »Stephanie Dawkins Davis Becomes Michigan’s First Black Female U.S. Appeals Court Judge
by Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance May 25, 2022 Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis of Michigan was confirmed on Tuesday to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit with a bipartisan U.S. Senate vote. She is the first African American woman from Michigan, and the second African …
Read More »Two Men Acquitted In Kidnapping Trial Of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
by Jon King, Michigan Advance April 8, 2022 Two of the four men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have been acquitted of charges, while a jury said they could not reach a verdict on the other two. That was the decision read aloud Friday in federal …
Read More »Deliberations Set To Begin In Case Of Men Charged In Gov. Whitmer Kidnap Plot
by Jon King, Michigan Advance April 3, 2022 Anti-government extremists or big talkers enticed by zealous federal agents? That’s the question that a jury will begin deliberating Monday in the trial of four men charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. During final arguments on Friday, …
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