Courts

When popular band director John Stanley Ross left Interlochen Arts Academy in 2000, he wrote a letter attributing his departure to personal reasons. Until recently, Ross's true reason for leaving has been unknown to the public. His story is a part of a larger phenomenon called "pass the harasser."

A ballot question to tighten Michigan’s voter ID and registration laws barely missed its chance to get before voters Monday.The Michigan Board of State Canvassers refused to certify the proposed constitutional amendment to the November ballot. That’s after several of the petition signatures the campaign turned in were called into question.

The outcome of this case was determined by the Michigan Sentencing Guidelines, which have not been updated in decades, and some say it's time for a change.

The report commissioned by Interlochen Center for the Arts details some 70 incidents of sexual abuse dating back to the 1950s. District Attorney Noelle Moeggenburg confirmed that she's looking into the cases that "may still be prosecuted."

Michigan has stipulated it will not enforce the state ban on conversion therapy that seeks to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors as part of an agreement filed this week with a federal court to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a similar law in Colorado.

The Michigan Supreme Court struck down life without parole sentences for people convicted of felony murder before 1980. The ruling is the latest decision limiting mandatory life based on constitutional protections against cruel or unusual punishment.

Attorney General Dana Nessel says she'll challenge a state appeals court ruling that reversed terrorism charges against two men convicted in the 2020 plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Hours after court rulings cleared the way for nine long-delayed bills championed by Democratic legislators to be delivered to Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Whitmer vetoed all of them.

A Department of Natural Resources officer was found not guilty after he used deadly force during a campground altercation in 2023.

The EPA is being sued this week by Elin Warn Betanzo, a water safety engineer who was also instrumental in the Flint water crisis investigation.