Latest Michigan Headlines

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EEOC Sues Michigan Hospital for Religious Discrimination

May 1 2023 // Mercy Health St. Mary’s, a Grand Rapids hospital and member of the Trinity Health system, violated federal law when it failed to provide a religious accommodation to an applicant and declined to hire him because of...

Federal Authorities File Charges in Michigan Over Diesel Engine Tampering

Apr 27 2023 // GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – Federal authorities in Michigan filed charges Wednesday against nine people in a scheme to defeat air-pollution rules by tampering with software and hardware in heavy-duty diesel...

Michigan Researchers Find Century-Old Shipwrecks in Lake Superior

Apr 13 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – Michigan researchers have found the wreckage of two ships that disappeared into Lake Superior in 1914 and hope the discovery will lead them to a third that sank at the same time, killing nearly 30...

Michigan Becomes First State in Decades to Repeal ‘Right-to-Work’ Law

Mar 30 2023 // Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in decades to repeal a union-restricting law known as “right-to-work” that was passed over a decade ago by a...

Michigan I-96 Pileup Leaves 16 Hospitalized

Mar 21 2023 // PORTLAND, Mich. (AP) – An interstate highway stretch in central Michigan has reopened following a massive pileup involving 150 vehicles in whiteout conditions that left 16 people hospitalized.Interstate 96 in Ionia...

Michigan Pileup Ensnares up to 100 Vehicles

Mar 20 2023 // DETROIT (AP) – Up to 100 vehicles were involved in a massive pileup on Interstate 96 during white-out conditions, Michigan police said. There were reports of injuries that do not appear to be serious, police said on...

Michigan Conservative Group Will Get Reward for Suing Over COVID-19 Loans

Mar 8 2023 // MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) – A conservative economic-policy group will get a $22,500 reward for blowing the whistle on a Michigan teachers union and its insurance arm, which got $12.5 million in government-backed loans...

Judge: Michigan School, Staff Immune From Shooting Lawsuits

Mar 6 2023 // PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) – A Michigan judge has ruled that staff and administrators at Oxford High School cannot be sued for a mass shooting that left four students dead and seven others wounded.Oakland County Circuit...

Thousands of Michigan Residents Without Power After Back-to-Back Ice Storms

Mar 2 2023 // The power in Leah Thomas’ Beverly Hills, Michigan, home went out about 9 p.m. last Wednesday.It was back on Sunday evening but was lost again the next day. And like thousands of Michigan residents left in the dark...

Michigan Judge Rejects Agency’s Bid to Shield Pro-Union Starbucks Workers From Firing

Feb 27 2023 // A federal judge in Detroit on Thursday dealt a blow to a U.S. labor agency by drastically narrowing his recent order that had barred Starbucks Corp SBUX.O from retaliating against pro-union workers nationwide to cover only...

Train Derailments in Michigan, Ohio Have Similar Risks, Different Outcomes

Feb 21 2023 // TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – Police Chief Jason Wright feared the worst as he rushed to the scene of a freight train derailment in Michigan’s Van Buren Township, mindful of a fiery rail crash this month in Ohio that...

Former Michigan Insurance Agent Convicted of Filing False Tax Returns

Feb 16 2023 // A former Michigan insurance agent was convicted of filing false tax returns and making false statements to both a bankruptcy court and the Department of Justice.According to court documents and evidence presented at trial,...

Michigan Plastics Manufacturer to Pay $663K Over Forever Chemicals Violations

Feb 1 2023 // BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) – A plastics manufacturer reached an agreement with the state to investigate and address hazardous substances known as “forever chemicals” at a former factory in Livingston County,...

Dow Chemical to Pay $5.4M Settlement Over Michigan Chemical Spill

Jan 30 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed $5.4 million settlement with The Dow Chemical Co. to recover costs for EPA’s cleanup work at the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River & Bay Superfund...

Evertree Acquires Michigan’s Provision

Jan 17 2023 // Evertree Insurance, an omni-channel property and casualty insurance distribution platform, acquired Provision Insurance Group, a Michigan-based independent insurance brokerage firm.“We are thrilled to welcome all 44...

Hub Acquires Michigan’s Grace & Porta Benefits

Jan 13 2023 // Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Grace & Porta Benefits, Inc. (Grace & Porta Benefits). Located in Brighton, Michigan, Grace & Porta Benefits is an independent agency specializing in...

Inszone Enters Michigan With Acquisition of Brinch

Jan 12 2023 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Brinch Agency Insurance. Brinch Agency Insurance was founded in 2001 by Chris and Kathy Brinch after managing a family-owned agency in Eastpointe for over 2 decades....

Michigan Governor Signs Insurance Company Group Capital Calculation Bill Package

Jan 3 2023 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bipartisan bill package into law last month to update Michigan’s holding company statute to ensure compliance with national accreditation standards.The package will provide the...

Michigan Sues Paper Company Over PFAS-Contaminated Waste

Dec 22 2022 // PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) _ The state of Michigan is accusing a former paper mill owner of sending contaminated waste to a composting site for decades in the Thumb region.The lawsuit seeks payments from Domtar Industries for...

Michigan’s Proctor Financial to Pay $67K Over Retaliation Suit

Dec 22 2022 // Proctor Financial, Inc., an insurance company based in Troy, Michigan that provides insurance products for residential and commercial properties, will pay $67,000 to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal...