LANSING - A U.S. District court judgment that Michigan legislative Republicans deliberately drew a partisan gerrymandered congressional and legislative lines for the 2012 to 2020 elections was vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court Monday in light of its ruling last June that nothing in the U.S. Constitution actually forbids partisan gerrymandering. But in that same
LANSING - Michigan can collect the 6 percent sales taxes from online stores that don't have a physical presence in Michigan -- thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week. In a 5-4 ruling, Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the majority's opinion, said the rule established in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota that a
LANSING - Michigan voters will continue to be able to choose a party’s slate of candidates with a single mark on the ballot following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the state’s appeal of a lower court ruling preventing the new law eliminating the straight ticket option from taking effect. The high court’s
WASHINGTON DC - Wind energy installed more electric generating capacity last year than any other energy source in America, contends a report by The American Wind Energy Association. “These impressive results drive home the point that Wind is a cost-effective solution that makes business sense,” said Chris Brown, President of Vestas, Americas. “More than 500
