Michigan Attorney General, other states, sue Trump administration over funding freeze
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a multi-state coalition of attorneys general suing to stop the pause on trillions of dollars in federal funding as ordered by the President’s Office of Management and Budget.
Michigan AG Nessel speaks on Trump administration rescinding federal funding memo
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined CBS News Detroit after the Trump administration announced it was rescinding its federal funding memo. The announcement comes less than two days after the White House ordered a freeze on federal assistance.
Michigan AG Dana Nessel says she will sue to block Trump's federal funding pause
Questions remained Tuesday about which programs would be covered by the federal funding pause announced Monday and which would not.
Michigan joins 22 states suing to stop Trump Administration from withholding Federal funding
The new policy, issued by the President’s Office of Management and Budget, puts an indefinite pause on the majority of federal assistance to states.
Michigan Attorney General Nessel promises litigation over federal funding freeze
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she will be filing litigation in the wake of a freeze on federal funds to programs active in Michigan.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel pushes back against Trump's federal funding freeze
Nessel released a statement Tuesday, addressing the freeze on federal funding, calling it "absurd and unprecedented."
Michigan organizations await impact of freeze on billions in federal funding
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Tuesday that she planned to take legal action in response to President Donald Trump’s administration instituting a freeze on federal grants that
'So clearly unlawful': RI AG joins suit against Trump's federal spending freeze. What to know.
The group of Democratic attorneys general argued that freezing spending authorized by Congress to conduct an ideological review is unconstitutional.
Michigan AG Nessel plans legal action over Trump administration's federal funding freeze
Nessel, a Democrat and Michigan's top law enforcement official, said her department was already learning of "services impacted throughout the state."
Dem AGs set to challenge Trump’s ‘clearly unlawful’ federal aid freeze
Democratic attorneys general are preparing to urgently resist President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal aid, describing his bid to halt a large swath of spending programs as a violation of the constitution and law.
Mother of convicted murderer asks Michigan governor to rescue son from Alabama execution
Supporters of Demetrius Frazier, a Michigan prisoner facing execution in Alabama, are asking Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to ...
Canada’s Enbridge argues there is ‘no room’ for Michigan’s regulations as Line 5 hearings resume
Arguments in Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s case seeking to shut down a four-mile section of Enbridge’s Line 5 oil ...
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Mother of Michigan prisoner on death row in Alabama asking governor to bring him home
The mother of a man from Michigan on death row in Alabama delivered a letter and petition signatures to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ...
Michigan Attorney General team argues Line 5 should be shut down in Straits of Mackinac
The battle over Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 oil pipeline had another day in court, with attorneys from the Michigan Department ...
Michigan will not wade into Alabama death row case
Demetrius Frazier was serving a life sentence in Michigan before being transferred to Alabama in 2011. Frazier is scheduled ...
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Gender identity, sexuality to be protected under Michigan’s hate crime law
Attorney General Dana Nessel said the state's current hate crime law is inadequate to deter and prosecute crimes.
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Human trafficking in Michigan: Officials host roundtable to raise awareness
Top prosecutors in Michigan are raising awareness about human trafficking, with her office wanting people to know it is not ...
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Michigan AG Dana Nessel Cuts Proposed DTE Electric Rate Hike by More Than 50%, Saves Consumers Millions
Michigan AG Dana Nessel cuts a proposed DTE Electric rate hike by over 50%, resulting in a $217.38 million increase.