The Michigan Department of Civil Rights filed a complaint Friday with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, asking to ban the use of American Indian mascots and imagery in K-12 school because it denies equal rights to American Indian students.
The Michigan Supreme Court slammed the door on marijuana shops Friday in the most significant legal decision since voters approved pot for some chronic medical conditions in 2008.
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday backed the extension of Medicaid coverage to 470,000 residents under the Obama administration's health care overhaul, saying it is the right thing to do despite resistance from his own party that controls the Legislature.
Gov. Rick Snyder has ordered U.S. flags to be lowered to half-staff throughout Michigan on Thursday to honor the late Sgt. Mark Schoonhoven, a former Plainwell resident who died last month of injuries he suffered in Afghanistan.
Eight people have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors after being arrested inside the state Capitol building during a December protest against passage of Michigan's right-to-work law.
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