The Latest Breaking News from Dana Nessel

The first criminal charges in a nationwide scheme target a GOP-backed effort to reject Biden’s victory

Charges announced by the state’s attorney general against people who signed paperwork falsely claiming Trump won 2020 election

PONTIAC, Mich. — Prosecutors investigating supporters of former President Donald Trump who pushed to obtain voting equipment in Michigan after the 2020 election told a judge in May they're examining "multiple crimes" spanning "multiple counties," according to a court transcript.

LANSING, Michigan — The Michigan Civil Rights Commission has asked Attorney General Dana Nessel's office for a formal opinion on whether the banning of books and LGBTQ pride flags within schools violates a state law against discrimination.

Michigan lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation that would give victims of sexual abuse more time to sue for damages and create a two-year revival window for cases where the statute of limitations has expired

Attorneys for a Wisconsin Native American tribe are set to present their arguments that a federal judge should order an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline because rapid erosion could expose it and cause a massive oil spill on reservation land

EAST LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan State University Board of Trustees will not waive attorney client privilege on roughly 6,000 documents that have been withheld from an investigation into the university's handling of complaints regarding serial sexual molester Larry Nassar.

LANSING, Mich. — An estimated 1 million Michiganians will have certain misdemeanor and felony records automatically expunged or set aside starting Tuesday as the state begins to implement the final step in a 2020 law designed to give residents a "clean slate."

DETROIT — Flint residents who have filed claims in the $626.5 million partial Flint water crisis settlement with the state of Michigan and other entities are expected to start receiving status updates about their claims starting later this month and continuing through the spring.

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan's other Democratic leaders promised supporters of measures aimed at combating gun violence they would take action "in short order" Wednesday during a rally outside the state Capitol.

LANSING, Mich. — Attorney General Dana Nessel's investigators have interviewed Laura Cox, the former chairwoman of the Michigan GOP, and other prominent Republican officials as they examine whether 16 Donald Trump supporters broke the law by signing a certificate falsely claiming he won the 2020 election.