By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“If the Court hadn’t adjourned this case for nearly an entire year, bending over backward to accommodate Lee Chatfield’s lawyers in their endless efforts to push this important trial past my last day in office, this simple evidentiary matter would have been resolved months ago.”
- Dana Nessel, Michigan attorney general, on the indefinite adjournment of the upcoming Lee Chatfield trial.
U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham), a former Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks during a candidate meet and greet with the Lansing Regional Chamber in downtown Lansing, Mich. July 29, 2026 | Photo By Ben Solis/Michigan Advance
By Ben Solis
For U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham), support for Israel was never just a campaign slogan. As she stares down her final months in Congress, she’s doubling down on her support for the nation, its people and Jewish Americans across the nation as antisemitism and the war in Gaza continues to loom large in politics, especially within the Democratic Party.
The candidates, the ballot measures, and the tools you need to cast your vote, brought to you by the reporting of Michigan Advance.
Former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield speaks with his lawyer, Mary Chartier-Mittendorf, after a stay was granted in his trial for alleged financial crimes over the admission of an expert witness on Sept. 21, 2026. (Photo by Katherine Dailey/Michigan Advance)
By Katherine Dailey
The trial of former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield for alleged financial crimes, which was scheduled to begin Tuesday, has been adjourned indefinitely following a request for a stay from Chatfield’s attorneys over the qualification and admission of an expert witness.
The office of Attorney General Dana Nessel in the G. Mennen Williams Building in Lansing, Mich., on May 15, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance)
By Michigan Advance Staff
Attorney General Dana Nessel on Monday announced charges against two Michigan residents accused of making terrorist threats against public officials in unrelated incidents, including the mayor of Dearborn, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and members of the Michigan Supreme Court.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
What famous rock music drummer was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, but spent most of his early life in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Monday's answer: President William Howard Taft visited Battle Creek, Michigan on Sept. 21, 1911.
Source: https://history.willardlibrary.org/
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