By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“We are committed to getting this right and to being transparent with the community we serve.”
- Ahmad Chebbani, chairman of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce’s board, after the Attorney General’s office confirmed that it is investigating the whereabouts of state grant funds missing from the chamber’s Tejara project.
The U.S. Supreme Court, on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
By Katherine Dailey
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh declined an application from Americans for Citizen Voting-Michigan seeking to appeal a deadlocked decision by the Michigan Board of State Canvassers that left a citizens-only voting proposal off the November general election ballot due to a lack of valid petition signatures.
The candidates, the ballot measures, and the tools you need to cast your vote, brought to you by the reporting of Michigan Advance.
An aerial view of the Brandon Road lock and dam near Joliet, Illinois. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
By Kyle Davidson
More than a month after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers halted work on a critical project aimed at keeping invasive carp out of the Great Lakes, the stop-work order barring the effort from progressing has been lifted.
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 Ben Solis
State law enforcement officials are now investigating what happened to a portion of a $3.4 million state grant that was routed away from the American Arab Chamber of Commerce without a clear explanation and following the resignation of Bilal Hammoud, the chamber’s former executive director.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
What significance did the Economy Printing Shop at the corner of 12th and Clairmount have in Detroit history?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Thursday’s answer: Tiger Hall-of-Famer Charlie Gehringer grew up in Fowlerville.
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