Jim Smiertka's deputy, Greg Venker, was nominated by Mayor Andy Schor to be the new city attorney but some council members objected.

The prohibition was an “unnecessary roadblock for thousands of Michiganders" the Secretary of State said after the law's amendment.

The cannabis industry has seen tremendous growth since the state’s first adult-use dispensaries opened in December 2019, with sales hitting unprecedented levels ...

Nathan Rotman, a regional lead for Airbnb, pointed to its voluntary 2017 tax-collection agreement with Michigan that has generated more than $85 million in revenue for the state from the 6% use tax, ...

Michigan collected a combined total of $289 million in sales in March, split between $286.8 in adult-use cannabis and $2.1 million in medical cannabis.

Thousands of Michiganders throughout the state could face eviction from their homes without proper legal representation. This comes as federal pandemic relief money, part of over $1 billion used for ...

A 2010 caregiver-rights protest rally in Lansing. Ryan Basore (left), who owns Redemption Cannabis, served time in federal prison for marijuana-related activities. Mark Passerini (right) owned an Ann ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources received harsh criticism from attendees of a public hearing Wednesday on the proposed leasing of 10,000-plus acres of mineral rights across public lands in ...

LANSING – The number of farmhands in Michigan working on H-2A visas — which allow farms that are struggling to hire U.S. workers to bring in temporary laborers from other countries—increased from 277 ...

Twenty-two states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have passed LGBTQ-inclusive hate crime laws. Another 11 states have hate crime laws that include protections for “sexual orientation” ...

When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed off on expansive recycling reforms in December 2022, she also approved a last-minute amendment allowing chemical recycling — a process decried by many ...

By Nazish Dholakia It took two years of constant effort for Ashia Wilson to find a home for herself and her son to share in Lansing, Michigan. She received one denial letter after another from landlor ...