LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Lansing couple trying to keep custody of two children can argue that legitimate religious beliefs prevent them from seeking medical care for their children.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court says it will hear arguments in the months ahead in a major Flint water lawsuit.

The court on Wednesday told lawyers to file briefs about a...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court is accepting comment on a proposal to allow the public to carry phones and other devices into courthouses.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered a 45-day unpaid suspension for a suburban Detroit judge who was arrested for suspected drunken driving before being elected to the...

EAST GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has taken another field trip, visiting a school to hear arguments in a case and expose students to the justice system.

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has tightened the legal standard for searching people during a traffic stop.

The court ruled in favor of a car passenger who said his rights...

MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court won't intervene in a lawsuit over a transgender woman in the women's locker room at a Midland health club.

BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) — A judicial watchdog agency has recommended the Michigan Supreme Court remove a Livingston County judge for misconduct.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to review the life sentence of a man who was a teenager when he kidnapped a customer from a sandwich shop in a notorious...

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Supreme Court says people who were wrongly accused of defrauding unemployment program can sue the state.

CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from former sports doctor Larry Nassar, which means a 40-year prison sentence for assaulting gymnasts will...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court says it will hear arguments in July about whether to wade into a dispute over changes in the minimum wage and paid sick time.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A new task force has been formed to help stop physical abuse, financial exploitation, emotional abuse and neglect of elderly people in Michigan.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Prison employees who challenged job classifications and lower pay grades have lost an appeal at the Michigan Supreme Court.

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court says a Jackson County judge was irresponsible for communicating privately with prosecutors in disputed cases and then vilifying prosecutors when...

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area man has been released from prison, more than eight years after then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm said he should be freed but then changed her mind before leaving...

BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) — A Livingston County judge facing criminal charges and ethics violations has been suspended with pay by the Michigan Supreme Court.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on Michigan's new minimum wage and paid sick time laws (all times local):

2:55 p.m.

Republican lawmakers are asking the Michigan Supreme Court to rule...

BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) — The Judicial Tenure Commission has filed a new petition with the Michigan Supreme Court seeking the suspension of a Livingston County judge who faces criminal charges.

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Robert Young Jr. has been ousted as the top lawyer at Michigan State University.

Acting President Satish Udpa says Young was "relieved of his duties" Friday as vice president and general counsel. Young, a former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, joined MSU last year when John Engler was interim president.

Engler was removed by university trustees on Jan. 17.

BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) — A technicality has stopped an effort to suspend a Livingston County judge who is facing criminal charges.

The Michigan Supreme Court said Friday it must have a recommendation from the state Judicial Tenure Commission, not the watchdog agency's staff.

BYRON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments in a dispute over whether a Kent County township can restrict where medical marijuana is grown.

Byron Township, south of Grand Rapids, has an ordinance that bars registered caregivers from growing marijuana at a commercial property. The state appeals court said the ordinance conflicts with Michigan's medical marijuana law.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court is exploring whether to drop questions about mental health on the application for a Michigan law license.

The application for admission to the State Bar asks people if their judgment has been affected by a treated or untreated mental or emotional condition. The Supreme Court is seeking public comment about whether the questions should still be included or changed.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state's watchdog over the judiciary has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to suspend a Livingston County judge without pay amid allegations of misconduct.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has selected Bridget McCormack to serve as chief justice.

The court says the vote was unanimous Wednesday. McCormack, a former law school professor, has been a Supreme Court justice since 2013.

In a statement, McCormack says Michigan courts "must be accessible to all" and "independent of political pressure." She is one of three Democrats on the Supreme Court.

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Senate has approved Matthew Schneider as chief federal prosecutor for eastern Michigan.

Schneider's nomination as U.S. attorney was approved Wednesday night. He's already been on the job for a year.

Schneider is a former assistant U.S. attorney. He also worked for Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and the Michigan Supreme Court. The Frankenmuth native has degrees from Michigan State University and University of Michigan law school.

DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors are dropping murder charges against two Detroit men who were granted a new trial based on the boyhood memory of a man who witnessed his mother's slaying in 1999.

Justly Johnson and Kendrick Scott have been in prison or jail for nearly 20 years. The Wayne County prosecutor's office said Wednesday it's dropping the case, four months after the Michigan Supreme Court said the men deserved another trial.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors in southwestern Michigan have failed to stop a second trial for a man whose murder conviction was overturned in the death of his 2-year-old son.

In a 4-3 decision, the Michigan Supreme Court turned down an appeal Friday, five weeks after hearing arguments. It means an appeals court decision will stand.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan Supreme Court justice who lost an election still will hear arguments in five cases Monday.

Justice Kurtis Wilder finished third in the race for two seats on the state's highest court. The defeat last week means his term ends at the end of December.

DETROIT (AP) — A criminal case against a former state lawmaker who shot his ex-wife's car in Detroit is starting over after a summer stop at the Michigan Supreme Court.

A judge on Monday granted the prosecutor's request to withdraw from a 2016 plea deal with Virgil Smith. The Supreme Court said prosecutors should have been allowed to withdraw when Judge Lawrence Talon dropped key provisions.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Final election results show a Michigan Supreme Court justice lost by less than 1 percentage point.

The difference between Megan Cavanagh and Justice Kurtis Wilder was 54,000 votes. Together they got 3.08 million.

There were six candidates in the race for two Supreme Court seats Tuesday. Cavanagh, a Detroit-area lawyer, finished second, ahead of Wilder. Justice Elizabeth Clement (Kla-MENT') finished first. Results are posted online by the secretary of state.

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kurtis Wilder has picked up an endorsement from the Wayne County prosecutor.

Kym Worthy is a Democrat, but she says Wilder deserves to keep his seat on the state's highest court. She says she's impressed with "his continuous stand for equal justice under the law and the protection of crime victims' rights."

Wilder is a conservative judge who was on the appeals court before Republican Gov. Rick Snyder appointed him to a vacancy on the Supreme Court.

DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that's likely to determine if thousands of people can sue the state for abusing their rights when they were wrongly accused of defrauding the unemployment program.

The issue for the court is a technical but crucial one: When did the six-month deadline to sue kick in?

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court is considering a rule that would create local courthouse security committees.

The court will take public comment until Jan. 1.

Local security committees would be led by a judge and include police, the clerk of the court and others who use the building. The committee's job would be to create policies that improve safety and security.

ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area man who won a Michigan Supreme Court case over a reduced sentence won't be released while a judge hears from a murder victim's family.

Matthew Makowski had been scheduled to leave prison Tuesday after nearly 30 years. But the release was suspended last week when Pete Puma's relatives filed an appeal.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Thomas Brennan, a former Michigan Supreme Court justice and founder of Cooley law school, has died. He was 89.

The law school says Brennan was surrounded by family when he died Saturday in Lansing. The cause wasn't disclosed.

Brennan was just 37 years old when he was elected to the Supreme Court in 1966. He resigned in 1973 to run the young law school, which is now known as WMU-Cooley Law School. Brennan was president for more than 20 years.

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has ordered high bond for two men who had hoped to go home after they were granted new trials based on the boyhood memory of a man who witnessed his mother's murder.

Wayne County Judge Donald Knapp on Friday set bond at $250,000 for Justly Johnson and Kendrick Scott. He says they're still facing murder charges.

ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area man convicted of murder will soon be released from prison, more than four years after winning an unusual case at the Michigan Supreme Court.

The Corrections Department says Matthew Makowski has been granted parole and is scheduled to leave prison on Oct. 2. Spokesman Chris Gautz says the release had been planned for Thursday but was changed.

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to reopen the conviction of a western Michigan man who was charged with killing his sister and brother-in-law 26 years after their deaths.

Ryan Wyngarden had already exhausted his automatic appeal after his murder conviction and life sentence in 2014. But he returned with a second appeal on his own, arguing that his rights were violated through mistakes during his Ottawa County trial.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A union representing teachers and other school employees is taking a rare step by supporting a Republican for the Michigan Supreme Court.

The Michigan Education Association is recommending three candidates who are running for two seats on the court, including Justice Elizabeth Clement (Kla-MENT'). She was appointed to the Supreme Court last year by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder.

DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has cleared the way for a trial or settlement in a lawsuit against a Detroit police officer who accidentally killed a 7-year-old girl during a raid in 2010.

Two courts have said a jury can decide whether Joseph Weekley's actions amounted to gross negligence. The Supreme Court this week declined to hear an appeal.

SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — Dow Chemical has prevailed in a long-running lawsuit by property owners over dioxin contamination along the Tittabawassee River.

TV station WJRT says the 2003 lawsuit was recently dismissed by a Saginaw County judge. Dow argued that the statute of limitations had long expired when the case was filed.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that a woman can inherit from her husband's estate despite living apart for more than 30 years.

The court in a 4-3 decision issued Tuesday affirmed rulings by lower courts in a dispute about the relationship between Maggie Erwin and her late husband, James Erwin Sr.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court is giving new life to a lawsuit that challenged Grand Rapids police officers who took photographs and fingerprints of people who lacked identification.

The case is returning to the state appeals court to determine if the photos and prints violated constitutional protections against unreasonable searches.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Supreme Court says schools can ban visitors from carrying guns .

DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court says prosecutors were wrong to negotiate a plea deal that barred a former state lawmaker from seeking elective office for five years.

The court says a Detroit-area judge and the appeals court made the right call in throwing out that portion of the deal between Virgil Smith and prosecutor Kym Worthy.

Smith pleaded guilty in 2016 to shooting his ex-wife's car. He was sentenced to 10 months in jail and quit his Senate seat.