The parties in a lawsuit to determine whether a lawncare company could seek a use tax exemption on fertilizers and other chemicals argued before the Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday morning, sparring over whether the language of statute specified lawncare as eligible for exemptions.
After being tapped to fill in as chief justice during the end of former Justice Bridget McCormack's tenure, the high court on Wednesday – with its newest member in tow – unanimously elected Chief Justice Elizabeth Clement to hold the honor for the entirety of the current two-year term.
It's a new day in Lansing as Governor Gretchen Whitmer has a Democratic majorities in the Legislature to work with, and during her inauguration Sunday she touched on policy proposals that certainly wouldn't have moved under previous Republican control.