All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 23 2024 // A federal court has ordered the owner of three West Michigan taco restaurants to pay 177 workers a total of $823,326 after the court granted the U.S. Department of Labor’s request for summary judgment, concluding...
Dec 11 2024 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) is urging residents to review their auto, home, and renters’ insurance policies to ensure they fully understand their coverage and have a plan to pay...
Dec 3 2024 // General Motors Co. is selling its stake in an electric-vehicle battery plant in Lansing, Michigan, to South Korean partner LG Energy Solution, recouping about $1 billion in investment from a facility that will still supply...
Dec 2 2024 // Rockford Mutual Insurance Company (RMIC) announced a strategic expansion into the state of Michigan for Commercial Lines products in 2025. This decision is part of the company’s ongoing efforts to diversify its...
Nov 27 2024 // BRIGHTON Mich. (AP) — A tank containing byproducts from oil drilling operations exploded and caught fire Tuesday near the General Motors Proving Ground in southeastern Michigan, damaging two nearby homes but causing no...
Nov 20 2024 // A-G Specialty announced the acquisition of First Agency TPA, A Gallagher Company. First Agency TPA specializes in student and athletic accident coverage at both the interscholastic and intercollegiate levels, as well as...
Nov 18 2024 // A judge has approved a $13 million settlement in a lawsuit over an unannounced active shooter drill at a Michigan psychiatric hospital for children, an event that terrified kids and staff and caused them to scramble for...
Nov 15 2024 // The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of police and dismissed a lawsuit alleging negligence in the 2020 death of a woman who was in custody in suburban Detroit.There wasn’t enough evidence to let a jury...
Nov 12 2024 // DETROIT (AP) — A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination.Much of the award — $10 million — is for punitive...
Nov 5 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Fenton, Michigan-based Peabody Insurance Agency, Inc. (Peabody Insurance). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Peabody Insurance is a retail insurance...
Nov 5 2024 // WEBBERVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A section of Interstate 96 in southeast Michigan remained closed Sunday after a semitruck crashed into more than a dozen vehicles overnight, killing 4 people and injuring 17 others, according to...
Nov 4 2024 // AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of C++ (Marginal) and the Long-Term ICR of ‘b+’...
Oct 29 2024 // Five related entities operating Culver’s restaurants in Michigan violated federal law when they fired a transgender employee and three of his colleagues after they complained about harassment, the U.S. Equal...
Oct 22 2024 // U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $180,000 settlement with All Point Construction LLC in Allen Park, Michigan to resolve alleged violations of the federal lead renovation, repair and painting...
Oct 17 2024 // DETROIT (AP) — A judge has approved a $13 million settlement in a lawsuit over an unannounced active shooter drill at a Michigan psychiatric hospital for children, an event that terrified kids and staff and caused them...
Oct 4 2024 // AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of C++ (Marginal) and the Long-Term ICR of “b+”...
Oct 4 2024 // BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Concert promoter Live Nation isn’t responsible for the deaths of three young men who succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator while camping at a Michigan music festival in...
Oct 1 2024 // VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A federal agency said it has resumed sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill from Ohio while communities in suburban Detroit continue their legal fight to bar waste from a World...
Oct 1 2024 // HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died after he was struck by a tree that fell at a southeastern Michigan nature center where he and classmates were on a field trip, authorities said.Declan Carter was at the Howell...
Sep 27 2024 // Pero Family Farms Food Company, LLC, will pay $40,000 in compensatory damages and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.The...