Archives
January 14, 2026
Feature
- Lawyers spar over state liability as Edenville Dam damages trial begins
- Judge: Michigan bid to rebuild mental health care has ‘significant conflicts’
- DOJ criminal probe highlights risk of Fed losing independence
- Daily Briefs
Business
- Microsoft’s president pushes Big Tech to ‘pay our way’ for AI data centers amid rising opposition
- Venezuela’s oil industry has flailed under government control – Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalizing
- Inflation cooled slightly in December though it remains above Fed’s target
- Podcast looks at connecting with faith communities to serve those in need
Courts
- Offshore wind developer prevails in court as Trump says the U.S. ‘will not approve any windmills’
- Court Digest
- New NCSC report highlights strategies to reduce eviction harm
- Court says Trump admin illegally blocked billions in clean energy grants to Democratic states
Column
- George Washington’s foreign policy was built on respect for other nations and patient consideration of future burdens
- Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections
Nation
headlines Detroit
headlines National
- Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law back in compliance with ABA standard
- Chemerinsky: The Fourth Amendment comes back to the Supreme Court
- Reinstatement of retired judge reversed by state supreme court
- Mass tort lawyer suspended for 3 years for lying to clients
- Law firms in Minneapolis are helping lawyers, staff navigate unrest
- Federal judge faces trial on charges of being ‘super drunk’ while driving




