All the headlines from our Michigan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 29 2020 // Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered an investigation to determine what caused two dams in central Michigan to fail, leading to devastating floods in several communities and forcing about 11,000 people to evacuate their...
May 26 2020 // Residents and businesses in Central Michigan communities that were submerged when two dams failed sued the operator of the dams and two state agencies charged with overseeing the structures on May 22.A second class-action...
May 22 2020 // Menard Inc., which operates over 300 Menards home improvement stores in 14 states, has been sued by federal authorities on charges that it failed to act on multiple complaints of sexual harassment by an assistant manager...
May 21 2020 // The dams that breached after days of heavy rain in central Michigan are privately owned and had been the center of controversy for several years. Now Governor Gretchen Whitmer is saying these critical facilities should not...
May 21 2020 // Dow Inc. said on May 20 it shut down all operating units at its headquarters in Midland, Michigan, after flood waters breached its sites following the collapse of two dams.“At approximately 10:00 a.m. Eastern it was...
May 20 2020 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on May 19 declared a state of emergency in Midland County after the Edenville and Sanford Dams on the Tittabawassee River breached following several days of heavy that produced flooding and...
May 18 2020 // “Michigan drivers have been paying some of the highest auto insurance premiums in the country and this independent report shows the bipartisan legislation is beginning to work.”— Michigan Chamber of...
May 14 2020 // A retired lieutenant has settled a $2 million whistleblowers’ lawsuit against Michigan, the state police and her former supervisors.Twana Powell’s lawsuit was settled in April, the Detroit Free Press reported....
May 8 2020 // Traverse City, Michigan-based High Street Insurance Partners (High Street), has acquired three additional agencies — two in Michigan and one in New York.These new agency partners are: Trust Shield Insurance Group (TSIG)...
May 8 2020 // Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the state’s factories can reopen on May 11, removing one of the last major obstacles to North American automakers bringing thousands of laid-off employees back to work amid the...
May 6 2020 // Traverse City, Michigan-based insurance brokerage, High Street Insurance Partners (HSIP), has added Scott Goodreau as managing partner and chief operating officer.Goodreau, who joined the company in April, brings nearly...
May 5 2020 // Michigan’s new auto insurance no-fault law, passed in May 2019, does not take effect until July 2, but the state’s governor and insurance regulators say recently approved insurer rate filings already show that...
Apr 30 2020 // Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and a top state regulator said on April 28 that drivers will save more on car insurance than is required under a bipartisan overhaul of Michigan’s auto insurance law.Proposed rates filed by...
Apr 29 2020 // Garbage haulers still collect trash. Cops are on the beat. Couriers deliver food and packages. Insurance agents work from home.The coronavirus crisis would appear to have put the entire U.S. economy on ice. Twenty-six...
Apr 23 2020 // More states in the U.S. South and Midwest signaled readiness on Wednesday to reopen their economies in hopes the worst of the coronavirus pandemic had passed, but California’s governor held firm to sweeping...
Apr 13 2020 // Grand Rapids, Mich.-based insurance brokerage, Hylant, one of the nation’s largest privately owned insurance brokerages, has hired Ken Fortier to lead business development efforts for the West Michigan division of...
Apr 6 2020 // Southfield, Michigan-based AmeriTrust Group on March 20 said its admitted insurance carriers will guarantee renewal of all general business policies for the next 90 days, except in certain situations including in cases of...
Apr 2 2020 // Blue Sky Vision L.L.C., a Delaware-based management services organization that provides support to eye care providers, has been sued by federal employment officials for employee disability discrimination at a facility in...
Mar 24 2020 // It might be the most talked-about Christmas party at the Michigan Supreme Court.The justices on Friday let stand an appeals court decision and said a jury should decide whether an Oakland County couple is liable for a...
Mar 11 2020 // The Michigan appeals court has overturned the arson conviction of a man who insists he had no financial incentive to destroy his profitable pawn shop in suburban Detroit.Judge Paul Cusick wouldn’t allow defense...