Latest Michigan Headlines
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Snowstorm Sparks 100-Vehicle Pileup in Michigan
Jan 21 2026 // More than 100 vehicles smashed into each other or slid off an interstate in Michigan on Monday as snow fueled by the Great Lakes blanketed the state. The massive pileup prompted the Michigan State Police to close both...
Michigan Bulletin Provides Guidance for AI Use in Financial Services
Jan 20 2026 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services issued a bulletin to provide guidance to financial service providers on the use of artificial intelligence. The bulletin says that financial service providers...
AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of Michigan Millers Mutual
Jan 16 2026 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “aa-” (Superior) from “a” (Excellent) of...
Michigan Auto Industry Faces ‘a Critical Time,’ Report Says
Jan 12 2026 // Michigan needs to confront risks to its $348 billion piece of the global automotive industry this year and move decisively toward keeping jobs, engineering and production in the state. That message comes from Glenn...
Neglect, Abuse Common at Michigan Nursing Homes, Report Finds
Jan 7 2026 // The plea was desperate: Help! Lorena Brown gasped for air on Sept. 12, 2022, turning blue, at the SKLD Muskegon nursing home. Her roommate called for help from a nurse. The response: “Mind your own...
Michigan AG Provides Tips to Avoid Storm-Related Scams
Dec 31 2025 // Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sent a reminder to residents to watch out for post-storm scams after a winter storm brought frigid air and more than two feet of snow to much of the state. To avoid falling victim to a...
Michigan Regulators Approve State’s First Hyperscale Data Center
Dec 23 2025 // Despite criticism that they were acting too fast, state utility regulators last week approved DTE Energy’s proposal to supply power for Michigan’s first hyperscale data center — while tacking on a host of...
Russian Cargo Jet Grounded 16 years in Michigan May Soon Fly Again
Dec 16 2025 // One of Michigan’s most enduring sagas in the Upper Peninsula — the grounding of a Russian cargo jet marooned near Marquette for 16 years — may soon come to an end after years of lawsuits, police investigations...
Michigan Reports Finds 2019 Auto Reform Reduced Insurance $357
Dec 10 2025 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services this month released a report on the impact of the state’s 2019 auto insurance reform and found cost was reduced an average of $357 per vehicle. “In...
Acrisure CEO Greg Williams Makes $400M Commitment to Michigan State University
Dec 5 2025 // Acrisure co-founder CEO Greg Williams is giving back to his alma mater in a major way. Michigan State University announced Williams and his wife are committing $401 million to the university, with most of the donation...
Amazon Delivery Company Sued in Michigan for Disability Discrimination
Nov 25 2025 // ALM Freight, LLC, an Amazon Delivery Service Partner company, and LMDmax Corp., violated federal law at ALM’s Pontiac, Michigan facility by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation for a deaf job applicant after...
Residents of Michigan Border Towns Reject Expansion of Cannabis Stores
Nov 13 2025 // In the summer, the board in mostly rural Niles Township gave a preliminary OK to 21 cannabis stores along one road currently dotted with businesses and surrounded by farmland. On Tuesday, Nov. 4, voters rejected them all....
Michigan Attorney General Urges Lawmakers to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism Law
Nov 12 2025 // Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Deputy Solicitor General Eric Restuccia testified before the Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committee last week in support of a bill that would strengthen the...
Michigan Insurance Agent Charged with Embezzling Funds from Municipalities
Nov 12 2025 // A Michigan insurance agent was arraigned on Oct. 31 in Oakland County District Court for allegedly forging letters from his insurance clients to embezzle funds, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Robert...
AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Michigan Millers Mutual
Nov 7 2025 // AM Besthas revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICR of “a” (Excellent) of Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company...
Michigan Regulators to Start Enforcing 2020 Industrial Farm Pollution Law
Nov 4 2025 // More than five years after first announcing stricter controls on industrial farm pollution in Michigan, state environmental regulators will finally start enforcing them. Regulations issued Wednesday by the Michigan...
GM to Cut EV, Battery Production and 1,200 Jobs at Michigan Plant
Oct 30 2025 // General Motors GM.N said on Wednesday it will cut U.S. electric vehicle and battery production and 1,200 factory jobs at its EV plant in Detroit along with 550 jobs at an Ohio battery plant as the automaker responds to a...
Michigan Acquires Shipwreck Artifact in Unusual Settlement Agreement
Oct 30 2025 // The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald, a rare artifact that strangely became part of a settlement in a lawsuit that had nothing to do with the famous...
Rockford Mutual Launches Commercial Auto in Michigan
Oct 21 2025 // Rockford Mutual Insurance Company (RMIC) announced the official launch of commercial auto coverage in Michigan, effective immediately. With this latest addition, RMIC now offers a complete suite of commercial insurance...
Michigan DIFS Reminds Consumers to Practice Cybersecurity Awareness
Oct 20 2025 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services is using cybersecurity awareness month to remind residents to take proactive steps to protect themselves from scammers and cyberattacks. Some steps that consumers...
