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Some Canadian officials are unhappy with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s order to shut down the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline. Ontario Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines Greg Rickford said the shutdown will put more than 4,900 jobs at risk, while putting Ontario and Michigan’s daily energy supply in jeopardy. …

The private citizens who had filed a federal lawsuit to try to get all of the votes cast in three Michigan counties in the recent presidential election thrown out have given up before the case could be heard. Yesterday, the plaintiffs filed paperwork with the United States District Court for …

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has issued an Epidemic Order, to try to slow the skyrocketing increase of COVID-19 cases in the state.  The mandate stops well short of the stay-at-home order Governor Gretchen Whitmer imposed at the outbreak of the pandemic last spring, but will still …

Yet another attempt by Republicans to slow down or stop Michigan’s electoral process has been thrown out of court. On Friday, Wayne County Circuit Judge Timothy Kenny rejected a request by Republicans to halt the certification of election results in Detroit and Wayne County, and order an independent accounting. In …

An Upper Peninsula legislator has ripped Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s order that the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline be shut down. In a statement released Friday, Marquette Democrat Sara Cambensy decried the “lack of leadership and carelessness from the Governor’s office” in deciding to “turn its back on an industry that provides …

A federal lawsuit initiated by a group of private citizens is asking that all the votes cast in the presidential election last week in three Michigan counties be thrown out. The action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, although the areas being targeted …

The Donald Trump presidential campaign has officially filed a lawsuit to prevent Michigan’s election results from being certified. The federal action was filed in the Western District of Michigan. It targets Wayne County and the Michigan Secretary of State. In a release from the Trump 2020 campaign, general counsel Matt …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is hailing the announcement by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech that their COVID-19 vaccine is showing promise. Pfizer officials said the inoculation proved 90 percent effective in early trials, with no serious safety concerns observed. The company plans to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration …

The Michigan legislature is doubling down on President Donald Trump’s allegation that voting fraud led to his defeat in last week’s presidential election. The House and Senate Oversight Committees on Saturday issued a subpoena for state election records. State legislative committees do have subpoena authority, although it is used infrequently.  …

The first legal challenge of Michigan’s election by the Donald Trump campaign didn’t get very far. Yesterday, Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens dismissed a lawsuit which demanded that ballot counting be stopped. Stephens said the case was based on a “hearsay affidavit that… is not first-hand knowledge.” She ruled …