While there is no set date for when Michigan's 242 trial courts will reopen, state court officials and others have been holding meetings in the last several weeks to prepare for the eventual ...

The Michigan Supreme Court ordered that as of May 1, no one can be arrested on a civil matter on their way to, from or at a state court. The order for the rule change was decided 6-1 by the court, and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The fight since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has been “to return to normal.” Now, after two years, Michigan’s Supreme Court is working to define normal and decide ...

Michigan is leading the way in implementing problem-solving courts that save taxpayer money while keeping people out of trouble, according to the Michigan Supreme Court. “Judges statewide have ...

LANSING — Rules restricting cellphone use in Michigan courts would loosen under a proposed amendment under consideration by the Michigan Supreme Court. The amendment would explicitly allow the public ...

(TNS) — The state's highest court has remanded a civil lawsuit, centering around whether municipalities have the right to fly a drone over someone's property, back to the state's Court of Appeals. In ...

Members of the public can now easily find and watch local court hearings streamed online during the coronavirus pandemic. The Michigan Supreme Court announced Monday that it had expanded the public's ...

Efforts to reduce incarceration by providing treatment to offenders have been underway in Michigan for a quarter century. Michigan has 188 treatment courts, sometimes called problem-solving courts, ...

Despite an order by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer banning a state child welfare agency from contracting with Sequel Youth and Family Services, courts have continued to send youths to out-of-state ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In the latest legal setback for a former Grand Rapids Police Officer charged with murder, the Michigan Supreme Court denied his appeal. Christopher Schurr is charged with ...

(CBS DETROIT) - A Michigan man accused of making threats during a court hearing was found guilty, the Attorney General's office announced. Daniel Callahan, 60, of Fruitport, was convicted of false ...