A long-running fight over the Line 5 pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac is now before the Michigan Supreme Court.

A key permit from state energy regulators approving Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project sat before the Michigan Supreme Court on ...

The Michigan Supreme Court waded into one of the state’s most closely watched energy fights yesterday, hearing arguments over whether regulators got it right when they approved Enbridge’s plan to ...

The justices heard arguments on the approvals awarded by the state to Canadian oil giant Enbridge Energy in December 2023 for its Line 5 tunnel.

Michigan’s system of government is built on a simple but essential principle: lawmakers write the laws, and judges interpret them. When courts abandon that role and begin creating policy from the ...

LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - The Michigan Supreme Court ruling that ended criminal prosecutions related to the Flint water crisis will not apply retroactively to past cases involving one-man grand juries.

The justices weighed whether to require a more in-depth environmental review of Enbridge Energy’s tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac.

The justices heard arguments Tuesday on whether a lawsuit over Line 5 belongs in federal court. They haven’t decided whether to grant a second petition related to the project. The Supreme Court this ...