Dana Nessel

Court says Line 5 tunnel plan can go forward, Whitmer to appeal

By • Oct 31, 2019
Gregory Varnum

The Michigan Court of Claims ruled on Thursday in favor of Enbridge and its plan to house the Line 5 oil pipelines in a tunnel under the straits of Mackinac.

In 2018, former Gov. Rick Snyder signed a law authorizing the Mackinac Bridge Authority to oversee the construction of a tunnel for Line 5. Earlier this year Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a suit for state agencies to stop work on it. Enbridge also filed suit and now the court knocked down Whitmer and Nessel's order.

Michigan AG offers suggestions to remove certain crimes from criminal records

By • Oct 10, 2019

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recently recommended changes to bills on expunging criminal records. The bills are up for debate in the state Legislature.

Court approves subpoenas against MeToo Kits company

By Ben Thorp • Sep 18, 2019

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has been given the go ahead for subpoenas against the MeToo Kits company. 

Judge mulling whether faith-based adoption agencies can turn away LGBTQ people as lawsuit plays out

By • Aug 23, 2019

A federal judge is weighing whether to allow faith-based adoption agencies to keep turning away LGBTQ potential parents while an underlying lawsuit plays out.

Nessel’s adoption mandate up for debate in federal court

By • Aug 22, 2019

The state attorney general’s new policy about faith-based adoption agencies will be up for debate in federal court.

Benson, Nessel ask federal judge to toss redistricting challenge

By • Aug 21, 2019

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson are asking a federal judge to toss a challenge the state’s new redistricting law.

Ionia man to receive $1.3M under wrongful conviction compensation law

By • Aug 16, 2019

A 61-year-old Ionia man will receive $1.3 million from the state.

In 1986, David Gavitt was sentenced to life without parole for three counts of felony murder and one count of arson. But the University of Michigan Innocence Clinic stepped in around 2011. It argued that much of the arson investigation science used against Gavitt at his trial had since been discredited. A court agreed and ordered Gavitt’s release.

Republicans file lawsuit challenging new independent redistricting commission

By • Jul 31, 2019

Republican opponents of Michigan’s new independent redistricting commission are back in court.

AG’s office to argue both sides of 'Adopt and Amend' in front of MI Supreme Court

By • Jul 17, 2019

Lawyers from the state Attorney General’s Office will be in front of the Michigan Supreme Court Wednesday. The twist? They’ll be arguing both sides of the same issue.

Michigan Supreme Court asks for input on jurisdiction on adopt and amend case

By • Jul 10, 2019

The Michigan Supreme Court is unsure if it can weigh in on the method used to change Michigan’s minimum wage and earned sick time laws, and it wants Attorney General Dana Nessel to weigh in.

Attorney General Dana Nessel says legal action on Line 5 could be close

By • May 30, 2019
Ballard Marine Construction

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she’s ready to go to court to force Enbridge to shut down a pipeline, Line 5, that moves oil and gas on a route that runs through the Straits of Mackinac. That’s if the energy company and the state don’t reach a deal by the end of June.

But Nessel says it also sets a deadline for negotiations on the future of the pipeline.

Nessel announces charges in Catholic clergy abuse investigation

By • May 24, 2019
ADOBE STOCK

Five current or former Catholic priests from Michigan dioceses have been charged with sexual abuse crimes.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel made the announcement Friday. This is part of an ongoing investigation into each of the seven Catholic dioceses in the state for potential abuse, which Nessel said earlier this year could take two years or more.

“This really is just the tip of the iceberg and our work continues day in and day out as we seek justice for the hundreds, perhaps even thousands of victims of clergy abuse in our state,” said Nessel.

Gov. Whitmer considering a tunnel in the Straits

By • Apr 17, 2019
MARK BRUSH / MICHIGAN RADIO

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in an interview with the Detroit News that she is considering a tunnel for an oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. A tunnel is one of several proposed alternatives to the Line 5 oil pipelines.

Michigan Attorney General calls Mackinac Straits pipeline law 'unconstitutional'

By • Mar 29, 2019

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says a law passed last year to build an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the Mackinac Straits is unconstitutional.

One of the first things Gov. Gretchen Whitmer did when she took office in January was to ask for an attorney general’s opinion on the law, which former Gov. Rick Snyder pushed through in the waning days of the legislature.

Stateside: Henry Ford’s mentor; migrant youth detention centers; Republican leader on Whitmer budget

By • Mar 6, 2019

 


Today on Stateside, we talk to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel about criticisms of how her office is handling civil lawsuits involving the Flint water crisis. Plus, we dive into the life of one of Henry Ford's mentors, who beat him to Michigan's first drive in a car by about three months. 

AG’s investigation into Catholic Church could result in a thousand victims and take two years

By • Feb 22, 2019
Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio

Last October more than 70 police officers, special agents and government officials executed search warrants on each of the seven Catholic dioceses in Michigan simultaneously. They loaded vehicles with boxes and filing cabinets – everything they could find related to potential sexual abuse by priests who have worked in Michigan from 1950 until now.

 

Attorney General Dana Nessel said at a press conference on Thursday that Michigan is the first state to execute a search warrant on the Church in this way.

Nessel to give first public briefing on three major open cases

By • Feb 18, 2019

Attorney General Dana Nessel is scheduled to give her first public briefing on three major state cases this week. Nessel said she’ll be joined by Michigan State Police Colonel Joe Gasper and Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud.

These are all cases that Nessel inherited from former Attorney General Bill Schuette, and Nessel has been tightlipped about her plans for these cases.

Gov. Whitmer to AG Nessel: Is the Line 5 law constitutional?

By • Jan 3, 2019

Governor Gretchen Whitmer wants to know if a law passed during last year’s lame duck session is constitutional, and she’s enlisted new Attorney General Dana Nessel to look into the matter.

Outgoing governor Rick Snyder signed a law before leaving office. It created the Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority. That authority will oversee a tunnel to house a new section of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline. That pipeline carries oil and natural gas liquids under the Straits of Mackinac.