David Eggert
The Associated Press
Lansing, MI, United States
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Whitmer prepares road 'triage' plan that may trim $2.5B ask
LANSING>> There is a ray of good news as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prepares to renew her push for major new spending to fix Michigan's roads and bridges: Republican legislative leaders → Read More
Whitmer prepares road 'triage' plan that may trim $2.5B ask
LANSING>> There is a ray of good news as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prepares to renew her push for major new spending to fix Michigan's roads and bridges: Republican legislative leaders → Read More
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer urges Facebook to curb hate speech after 'sexist and violent' posts
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should do more to curb hate speech on the platform. → Read More
Whitmer urges Facebook to curb hate speech
LANSING (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should do more to curb hate speech on the platform, days after a political page was shut down → Read More
Michigan Senate may not release details of probe into Lucido comments
The Michigan Senate will not release a report from a pending sexual harassment probe of a Macomb County lawmaker who told a young reporter that high school boys visiting the → Read More
Michigan Senate may not release details of probe into Lucido comments
The Michigan Senate will not release a report from a pending sexual harassment probe of a Macomb County lawmaker who told a young reporter that high school boys visiting the → Read More
Michigan Senate will not release details of harassment probe of lawmaker who told reporter that high school boys could ‘have a lot of fun’ with her
Republican state Sen. Pete Lucido, who has said he was misquoted, dodged Capitol reporters who tried speaking with him after a legislative hearing. → Read More
Senate may not release results of probe of Lucido's comments
LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Senate may not release the findings of a sexual harassment probe of a male lawmaker who told a young reporter that high school boys visiting → Read More
Michigan lawmaker faces probe over comment to reporter
State Sen. Pete Lucido issued a brief apology Wednesday, after Allison Donahue published a report detailing their interaction outside the Senate chamber on Tuesday. → Read More
Michigan lawmakers push sexual harassment probe of colleague
LANSING, Mich. (AP) " A Republican state lawmaker should be subject to a sexual harassment investigation for telling a young female reporter she → Read More
Michigan lawmaker apologizes for comments to female reporter
A Michigan lawmaker has apologized after telling a young female reporter that a group of high school boys could “have a lot of fun” with her → Read More
Michigan lawmaker faces probe over comment to reporter
A Republican state lawmaker will be subject to a sexual harassment investigation for telling a young female reporter she could have “a lot of fun” with a group of high school boys visiting the Michigan Capitol, legislative leaders said Wednesday. State Sen. Pete Lucido, 59, of Macomb County's Shelby → Read More
Task force urges overhaul of Michigan jail, pretrial system
The 21-member group was created by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer with support from Republican legislative leaders. → Read More
Michigan lawmaker apologizes for comments to female reporter
A Michigan lawmaker has apologized after telling a young female reporter that a group of high school boys could “have a lot of fun” with her. State Sen. Peter Lucido, a Republican from Macomb County's Shelby Township, issued a statement Wednesday addressing the incident that occurred outside the Senate chamber Tuesday. Lucido referred to a group gathered nearby from an all-boys Catholic high… → Read More
Task force urges overhaul of Michigan jail, pretrial system
Michigan should reclassify many traffic offenses as civil infractions, release more defendants before trial without requiring them to pay money, consider alternatives to incarceration and take other steps to reduce jail populations that have tripled in under 40 years, a task force said Tuesday. → Read More
Michigan sues 17 companies including 3M, DuPont over PFAS contamination
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan on Tuesday sued 3M, DuPont and other companies for financial damages from contamination caused by potentially harmful "forever" chemicals that are turning up in drinking water across a state known for industrial manufacturing. The lawsuit alleges that 17 defendants deliberately concealed the dangers of a class of substances known collectively as PFAS. The filing,… → Read More
Task force urges overhaul of Michigan jail, pretrial system
LANSING (AP) — Michigan should reclassify many traffic offenses as civil infractions, release more defendants before trial without requiring them to pay money, consider alternatives to incarceration and take other → Read More
Michigan House votes to lift state’s ban against stun guns
Michigan would lift its ban on stun guns under legislation advanced by lawmakers on Tuesday. → Read More
Whitmer, advocates seek hand-held phones ban while driving
LANSING>> Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and safety advocates want to combat distracted driving by restricting the use of cellphones, though pending legislation does not go as far as what she proposed → Read More
Whitmer, advocates seek hand-held phones ban while driving
LANSING>> Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and safety advocates want to combat distracted driving by restricting the use of cellphones, though pending legislation does not go as far as what she proposed → Read More