After a group of homeowners in Midland and Gladwin counties appealed a prior state court decision, the Michigan Supreme Court denied their request for relief from a special assessment. The assessment would increase taxes for local property owners during the ongoing restoration of four dams that failed in May 2020.

The lawsuit asks the court to reinstate the students’ immigration status, so they can resume their studies without being detained or deported.

Two gun-rights groups are determining their next steps after the Michigan Court of Appeals rejected their argument that legislative committees violated the state’s open meetings law while considering firearm restrictions.

Lawyers argued over the limits of cell phone search warrants before the Michigan Supreme Court Thursday.

The Michigan Supreme Court has made sweeping changes to the state’s sentencing law. The court struck down automatic, no-parole prison terms for 19 and 20-year-olds convicted of murder. As a result, hundreds of people will be eligible to return to courts around Michigan for new sentences and an opportunity for freedom. The Supreme Court says mandatory life sentences for people who were 19 and 20 at the time of the crime violate a ban against “cruel or unusual punishment” in the Michigan Constitution.

The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could have broad implications for fertility treatments.

A discussion about the recent revocation of visas for international students. Then, a Michigan Supreme Court hearing to determine the custody of frozen embryos after divorce.

Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth Clement is stepping down. She spoke with Morning Edition about what her resignation means for the court and why she'd change how Michigan elects justices.

A frozen embryo is the center of a custody battle between a divorced couple that will play out Wednesday in arguments before the Michigan Supreme Court.

The Jackson County Police Department says it was approached by ICE and asked to participate in a limited 48-hour detention program, and agreed; it's the first in Michigan to do so.