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Equality Michigan calls the decision a victory for civil rights, trans youth

Tags: Michigan, Health Care, News, Civil Rights, Corewell Health, LGBTQ+, trans rights, Michigan, gender-affirming care, Equality Michigan, Dana Nessel

“These guys ain’t got no hope. It’s heartbreaking,” an exoneree says

Tags: Metro Detroit, Government, Police, Mike Duggan, Detroit, Wayne County, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy, public records, Michigan Attorney General's Office, Dana Nessel

The discharge of an oil-chemical mixture into the Flint River caused serious problems

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Lockhart Chemical Company, Rajinder Singh Minhas, Flint, Flint River, Michigan, Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel, environmental

Conservative conmen Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl are facing up to seven years in prison in Michigan

Tags: Metro Detroit, Civil Rights, Crime, News, Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman, right-wing fraudsters, robocalls, election, politics, Republicans, Michigan, Michigan Attorney General's Office, Dana Nessel

The Detroit mayor is accused of illegally destroying defendants’ files when he was a prosecutor

Tags: Metro Detroit, Police, Government, Mike Duggan, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel, Michigan, Detroit, wrongful convictions, Mark Craighead

The county is a former Democratic stronghold where white angst has spawned a pro-Trump movement

Tags: Metro Detroit, 2024 Election, Crime, Michigan, Michigan Attorney's Office, Dana Nessel, Peter Lucido, Macomb County, voter fraud, Donald Trump, St. Clair Shores

The unlawful destruction of records has made it exceedingly difficult for wrongfully convicted inmates to prove their innocence

Tags: Metro Detroit, Civil Rights, Police, Mike Duggan, Wayne County, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General's Office, prisoners, exonerations

The “blatant and hateful” false claims were peddled by a state lawmaker, the attorney general, and some media outlets

Tags: Michigan, Civil Rights, Media, Rashida Tlaib, Congress, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, Jeremy Moss, fact check, Palestinians, Israel, University of Michigan

“The right to protest peacefully is a cornerstone of our nation’s democracy,” the civil rights organization said in a lengthy statement

Tags: Michigan, Education, Civil Rights, ACLU of Michigan, ACLU, free speech, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, University of Michigan, protests, Rashida Tlaib

“You would expect that from a Republican, but not a Democrat, and it’s really unfortunate,” the Palestinian American congresswoman says

Tags: Michigan, Civil Rights, Education, University of Michigan, Rashida Tlaib, Palestine, Protest, encampment, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General

“Conviction in your ideals is not an excuse for violations of the law,” the attorney general said

Tags: Michigan, Civil Rights, News, Protest, First Amendment, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, University of Michigan, Palestine, encampment, tresspassing

'This is a disappointing close to our years-long investigation into the abuse that hundreds of young women were subjected to,' Nessel said

Tags: Michigan, Education, News, Larry Nassar, Michigan State University, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General's office, sex abuse scandal, investigation, Nassar abuse case closure, Larry Nassar scandal Michigan

McMorrow, Nessel, Whitmer, and Slotkin also represent abortion rights

Tags: Politics & Elections, 2024 Election, Views & Opinions, Kamala Harris, Mallory McMorrow, Gretchen Whitmer, Dana Nessel, Elissa Slotkin, Donald Trump, Project 2025

The move was celebrated by workers’ advocates, though the restaurant lobby warned the hikes will result in layoffs in an already fragile industry

Tags: Food News, Labor, Restaurants, Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association, Dana Nessel, One Fair Wage, Michigan minimum wage

Bullet barrages just part of the summer blur in metro Detroit

Tags: Metro Detroit, Crime, Lapointe, Views & Opinions, gun laws in Michigan, gun crime in Michigan, Oakland County, Rochester Hills, Karen McDonald, Dana Nessel

Conspiracy-peddling lawyer Stefanie Lambert also faces felony charges for mishandling voting equipment

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Donald Trump, Stefanie Lambert, Kraken, Conspiracy theories, Macomb County, Freedom of Information Act, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, Jocelyn Benson

The company is accused of defrauding taxpayers with misleading ads

Tags: Michigan, News, Government, Intuit, Michigan, TurboTaxes, taxes, Michigan Attorney General, lawsuit, Federal Trade Commission, Dana Nessel

The former top cop stole narcotics from her department and planned to sell them

Tags: Michigan, Crime, News, Hartford, Michigan, Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel, Drugs, police, Hartford Police Department

Environmentalists, engineers, Indigenous leaders, and others have expressed increasing concerns about a disastrous spill

Tags: Michigan, News, Environment, 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Lake Michigan, Great Lakes, clean water, Enbridge Inc., Dana Nessel, lawsuit Michigan Attorney General, Gov. Whitmer

Attorney General Dana Nessel called the concert conglomerate an “illegal monopoly” that ruins the live music experience for fans

Tags: Music News, Government, News, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, Dana Nessel, live music in Michigan, Slideshow