The Latest Breaking News from Dana Nessel

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday the family connections of his husband, Chasten, helped inspire their decision to officially become Michiganians.

LANSING, Mich. — With an abortion ban potentially looming, Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a consumer alert Tuesday, advising Michiganians to "very carefully review" policies for cell phone applications that hold personal health data.

Abortions continue to be legal in Michigan after a 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Friday that overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision enshrining abortion rights in the U.S. Constitution.

LANSING, Mich. — Some of the 16 Michigan Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming to cast the state's electoral votes for former President Donald Trump in December 2020 are receiving grand jury subpoenas from federal officials, according to multiple sources.

LANSING, Mich. — The actions of 16 Republicans who signed a false certificate claiming Donald Trump won Michigan in 2020 deserve a "close look" from law enforcement investigators, a former state elections director said.

DETROIT — The state of Michigan will pay about $200,000 in attorney fees and costs in relation to a lawsuit that toppled Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's emergency powers more than six months into the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Michigan Secretary of State, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has raised $1.8 million and spent $389,382 between Jan. 1, 2021, and Apr. 20, 2022. Nessel is currently ranked fourth in state-level donations in the 2022 election cycle.

Republican legislators in Florida, Arizona, Texas and other states have proposed to ban minors from drag shows.

DETROIT — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has offered Oxford Community Schools the use of a dog trained to detect explosives and firearms along with a handler at the high school next school year.