Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer won in court on Thursday against Republican lawmakers who sued her over her authority to declare emergencies and order sweeping restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit stems from the frustration that the House and Senate expressed with Whitmer’s approach towards stopping the spread of the …

Trump threatened to “hold up” federal funds to Michigan and Nevada in response to the states’ planned use of absentee and mail-in ballots in upcoming elections to mitigate the risk of exposure to the coronavirus, Washington Post reports. Many states have struggled with how to move forward with near-future elections. …

Last week, residents protesting the COVID-19 lockdowns stormed the Michigan Capitol building with guns, Confederate flags, and nooses. “Some of the outrageousnesses of what happened at our capitol depicted some of the worst racism and awful parts of our history in this country,” Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Sunday on …

New data shows that Michigan has the highest death rate from coronavirus in the US even as the state continues to be divided by protesters who want to end the state’s strict stay at home orders. According to the NY Post,  while Michigan has far fewer overall cases than either …

Skylar Herbert, the five-year-old daughter of a firefighter and police officer in Michigan, has become the first child with COVID-19 to die in the state. According to The Detroit News, Herbert’s initial symptoms did not show signs of the coronavirus, but after a positive diagnosis, the five-year-old developed rare complications …

According to a report by Vice, an 18-month investigation into the Flint water crisis has revealed that former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and his office engaged in a five-year cover-up of the crisis. The report claims that in January of 2019, Snyder approached Karen Weaver, who was then the mayor …

blogged by @_Cierra.jones Unexpectedly, hundreds of protesters gathered on the streets of Lansing, the state capital of Michigan, in protest of Governor’s Whitmer strict stay-at-home order, preventing some residents from returning to work. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan’s particular order was labeled as one of the nation’s severest stay-at-home orders …

written by: @dawnnnyy_ Sandy Brown of Grand Blanc, Michigan, is grieving the loss of her husband and son. Both men lost their lives to Coronavirus. “There’s not even a word created to describe my pain. It’s unimaginable,” she said. According to the NY Post, her husband, Freddie Lee Brown Jr., …

written by @Choose_Wisely2 A former University of Michigan football player has filed a lawsuit against the university and its board of trustees, alleging that Dr. Robert E. Anderson sexually abused him, according to the Associated Press. The lawsuit is seeking certification to be a class action and aims to include …

Michigan State University came under fire last week over a display at a performing arts center on campus. The display featured several black leaders, including Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Prince, and many others, hanging from what seemed to be a tree. The leaders included. “Regardless of the intent of the …

As the semester winded down, many students, including Lyniah Bell, 19, were eager to head home for a work free month. Unfortunately, Bell will not be returning to school for the upcoming semester as she was gunned down Friday evening in a Chicago Neighborhood.              …

In one of the most disturbing and shadiest moments in American history, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) created a fake university in Michigan to lure unsuspecting foreign students – and federal law enforcement agencies in Detroit are cosigning it. According to Detroit Free Press, which is in conjunction …

For the last few weeks, Antonio Brown has been the center of attention, between his helmet fiasco, his drama with the Oakland Raiders, his deal with the New England Patriots, and of course, the allegations of sexual assault and misconduct.  Despite the scrutiny over the allegations, detailed in a lawsuit …

The U.S. Department of Education has just announced a $4.5 million fine against Michigan State University for its “systemic failure” to address the sexual abuse committed by Larry Nassar, the MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor who admitted to sexually assaulting his patients for decades. Education Secretary Betsy Devos, who ordered …

18-year-old Sasha Obama, the youngest daughter of forever president Barack Obama, was spotted on the University of Michigan campus earlier this week after reportedly attending freshman orientation earlier this year. In fact, according to reports, Sasha is set to begin classes at the University next Tuesday, September 3. Speculation about …