Michigan Executive Orders Update December 1 2023

What is an Executive Order?

The Michigan Constitution of 1963 vests the executive power of the state in the Governor. That power can be exercised formally by executive order. Executive orders may reorganize agencies within the executive branch of state government, reassign functions among executive branch agencies, create temporary agencies, establish an advisory body, commission, or task force, proclaim or end an emergency, or reduce expenditures authorized by appropriations. Once signed by the Governor, executive orders are filed with the Secretary of State, where the orders are sealed and retained by the Office of the Great Seal.

MSP Update on State’s Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing Program

MSP Update on State's Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing Program This morning Michigan State Police (MSP) Director Col. Joe Gasper provided testimony before the state’s Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on the findings to-date of the department’s investigation into...

Michigan medical marijuana law does not protect liars court of appeals says

LANSING, MI -- Michigan courts and police continue to work within a gray created by state marijuana legalization that contradicts federal law. Not only are lines blurred by conflicting jurisdictional laws, and complicated by the division of the state’s medical and...

Macomb judge allows medical marijuana use on probation

This is an older article from 2012... but current news and victories are forthcoming. So we like to show the long struggle it's been to achieve the small steps and sacrifices that have come and gone. A judge admitted skepticism but is allowing two men convicted of...

Defense Attorneys suggest MSP May Have A Conflict of Interest Over Breathalyzer Investigation

The Michigan State Police says it has discontinued the use of 203 breathalyzer machines, and it’s accusing the contractor involved of possible fraud. The Michigan State Police have opened its own investigation into Intoximeters Inc., who...

Michigan State Police launch an investigation into breathalyzer test results

The Michigan State Police suspended the contract with Intoximeters Inc, the company that issues the state's breath alcohol testing devices amid concerns the test results could be flawed. A letter written to police departments and prosecutors statewide, stated police...