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Michigan attorney general blasts Oxford schools for delaying investigation into mass shooting

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Wednesday accused the Oxford Board of Education of being "more focused on limiting liability" than responding to the concerns of the community and investigating the events that led up to the Nov. 30 mass shooting at the Oakland County district.

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Law requires Michigan to create, enforce humane animal experimentation rules, Nessel said

The state health department should develop rules for humane animal experimentation and require facilities using experimentation to register with the state and comply with those rules, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a formal opinion released Monday.

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Michigan's abortion ban is draconian and should be vacated, attorney general says

The push to overturn Michigan's 1931 law now has a new urgency, after a draft Supreme Court opinion leaked that would overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion rights.

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Pelosi says Supreme Court ‘slapped women in the face’ with Roe draft while GOP lawmakers skirt the issue

‘Here we are on Mother’s Day, a week where the Court has slapped women in the face in terms of disrespect for their judgments about the size and timing of their families,’ says Pelosi

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A Michigan law from 1931 would make abortion a felony if Roe falls

The law could put doctors, and even patients, in prison for up to four years. And the state's attorney general says she can't stop local prosecutors from enforcing it.

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Michigan attorney general: Dismiss Planned Parenthood abortion case; Whitmer's suit should take precedence

DETROIT — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Tuesday reiterated her refusal to prosecute physicians or women under the state's abortion ban, but criticized a lawsuit filed against her department seeking to overturn the 1931 ban.

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Whitmer says she'll 'fight like hell' for abortion access in Michigan after court leak

WASHINGTON — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said her work challenging Michigan's 1931 ban on abortion in state court is "more important than ever" after a leaked draft opinion showed the U.S. Supreme Court initially has voted to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.

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Michigan GOP nominates conspiracists

If one wins, "it's easy to imagine Republican electoral losses being overturned," ex-Ted Cruz aide warns

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Greater Grand Rapids NAACP calls for firing of officer in Lyoya death

DETROIT — One day after police released the name of the officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya, the Greater Grand Rapids NAACP is demanding the officer be fired, the Kent County prosecutor recuse himself from the investigation and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel step in.

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NAACP: Michigan attorney general must investigate Lyoya case

A civil rights group is demanding that the Michigan attorney general investigate the police shooting of Patrick Lyoya, warning the longstanding relationship between the county prosecutor's office and Grand Rapids police could lead to bias

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Michigan GOP attorney general race goes to runoff; Karamo wins SOS endorsement

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Michigan Republican Party headed into a runoff election for attorney general after delegates on Saturday delivered a victory for former President Donald Trump's preferred secretary of state candidate, Kristina Karamo.

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Trump sways convention races for Michigan AG, elections jobs

Former President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to mold Republicans’ 2022 tickets will be put to the test this weekend in Michigan, where thousands of party activists will endorse candidates including for attorney general and secretary of state

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Michigan attorney general calls out Oxford school board after meeting with students, parents

DETROIT — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel called out the Oxford Community Schools Board of Education on Tuesday, a day after meeting privately with community members about what led up to the Nov. 30 mass shooting at the community's high school.

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Michigan judge assigned abortion law case is a donor to plaintiff Planned Parenthood

DETROIT — A Michigan Court of Claims judge assigned a high-profile challenge of Michigan's 1931 abortion ban disclosed Thursday that she is an annual donor to Planned Parenthood of Michigan, the main plaintiff in the lawsuit.

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Parents make emotional plea to Oxford school officials to address security

OXFORD, Mich. — Parents of Oxford High School students and one survivor of the Nov. 30 mass shooting made emotional pleas Thursday for improved safety measures inside the school.

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Gov. Whitmer promises 'transparent, independent' probe of Grand Rapids shooting

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vowed Wednesday afternoon that the Michigan State Police will conduct a "transparent, independent investigation" into a Grand Rapids police officer's fatal shooting of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya.

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Clashes erupt at GOP county conventions with Michigan party's future on line

DETROIT — Verbal clashes dominated the first two hours of a Republican convention Monday night in Macomb County, one of Michigan's largest, opening a period of 13 days that could redefine the state party's future.

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Whitmer, Planned Parenthood file separate suits to overturn Michigan's 1931 abortion ban

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed lawsuit Thursday challenging Michigan's 1931 ban on abortion in anticipation that the U.S. Supreme Court will potentially overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that enshrined abortion as a constitutional right.

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‘We need to work these polls’: Trump stumps for candidates who support the big lie

Trump praises little-known Republicans Matthew DePerno and Kristina Karamo, who both falsely claimed 2020 election fraud and are now seeking key Michigan offices

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Trump slams Whitmer, Benson, Nessel at Michigan rally

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump tried to boost select Michigan candidates running for secretary of state, attorney general and the Legislature Saturday in a nearly two-hour address that aimed to cement his influence in the Michigan GOP.

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Flint water criminal trials may face 2-year delay after appeals court ruling

DETROIT — The Michigan Attorney General's office must create a "taint team" to independently review documents seized from state offices during the Flint water investigation that could delay its prosecutions for an estimated two years following a recent court decision.

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Michigan Gov. Snyder, other Flint defendants must testify in civil trial, but scope to be defined

DETROIT — A federal judge on Monday denied motions to quash subpoenas requiring testimony by former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and others criminally charged in the Flint water crisis case in a civil trial underway involving the city's engineering consultants.

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Nessel asks high court to reverse ruling overturning Whitmer's emergency powers

Attorney General Dana Nessel's office has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to "disavow" a 2020 ruling that overturned Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's emergency powers seven months into the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Republican AG candidates in Michigan criticize 1965 ruling against contraceptive ban

LANSING, Mich. — Two of the three Michigan Republicans who hope to be their party's nominee for attorney general said Monday they oppose bans on contraceptives after publicly criticizing a 1965 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the subject.

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Michigan Supreme Court overturns distribution and paid circulator registration requirements for initiative petition drives

On Jan. 24, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled provisions of a 2018 law adding restrictions to the state’s initiative process unconstitutional.

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