Lawsuits

Was the denial of a permit for a youth ministry in a small northern Michigan town a zoning issue or an act of religious bias? That's the central question in a new federal lawsuit out of Leland Township.

The township says the Christian group didn’t meet the zoning criteria, but Youth For Christ called it religious discrimination.

States accused the parent company of Facebook and Instagram of failing to protect teen users. Michigan initially dropped out of the lawsuit, but is still set to receive funds, if a judge approves the settlement.

The suit claimed the conservation officer should not have been on their land and was harassing two hunters last November. The couple has appealed the case and filed a separate suit.

A portion of the Little Traverse Wheelway, which runs 26 miles from Harbor Springs to Charlevoix, collapsed in 2020.

A fast-moving Sixth Circuit and its conservative tilt could put Michigan at the center of the DOJ’s fight over access to state voter rolls.

A parent says he was banned from Grosse Pointe school property over speech that should be protected by the First Amendment.

The student's attorney said Kalamazoo Public Schools "failed miserably" to protect a non-binary student at Loy Norrix High school who faced harassment and assault based on her identity.

A case over the tax foreclosure of an Isabella County home in front of the U.S. Supreme Court this week could redefine how property owners are compensated by government bodies after they seize someone's property and resell it.

Attorneys for both the state of Michigan and roughly 2,000 property owners across Midland, Gladwin and Saginaw counties gave opening statements Monday in the high-stakes trial over responsibility of the dam's 2020 failure.