OAKLAND, California, Dec. 24 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 22 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the U.S. Department of Labor's petition for rehearing en banc in an appeal challenging a federal rule that established a minimum wage increase for federal contractors of $15.00 per hour in 2022, with additional  more

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 28 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Dec. 27, 2024: Yesterday, the Michigan Supreme Court upheld the convictions of Benjamin McKewen for assaulting a victim with a knife, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. McKewen was convicted by an Isabella County jury in 2017 of one count of Assault with Intent to do Great Bodily Harm (AWIGBH) and one count of Felonious Assault. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 5 to 10 y  more

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 24 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced appointments to the Human Trafficking Commission, Michigan Veterans' Facility Authority Board of Directors, and Michigan Citizen-Community Emergency Response Coordinating Council. Human Trafficking Commission Dr. Jennifer Shih, of Northville, is a board-certified family physician at Trinity Health. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the Uni  more

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 24 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: * * * Additional legislation supports apprenticeship training programs and telephone companies in Michigan * * * Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed six commonsense bills that will expand Michigan's unemployment benefits for the first time since 2011, providing a lifeline for Michiganders who are in between jobs. Additional legislation signed also supports Michigan workers and bu  more