Judge denies request to halt LGBT adoption ruling
GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — A federal judge has denied Michigan's request to halt his preliminary injunction that preserved a Catholic adoption agency’s ability to refuse to place state wards with LGBT couples.
Judge Robert Jonker on Tuesday declined the stay that had been sought by state Attorney General Dana Nessel and the state Department of Health and Human Services, while the case is appealed.
Jonker says state attorneys “offered “failed to come to grips” with the factual basis supporting an inference that Nessel engaged in “religious targeting."
She says Michigan law allows child-placing agencies to turn away families in private cases based on their sincerely held religious beliefs, but not when they place state-supervised children.
Event to focus on Great Lakes water infrastructure
NOVI (AP) — A gathering next year in Michigan will seek to identify and explore solutions to water infrastructure challenges faced by the Great Lakes region.
The state of Michigan is lining up speakers for the Great Lakes Water Infrastructure Conference, which runs April 28-30 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi.
Topics are expected to include funding, water affordability, environmental health, water planning, green infrastructure and cybersecurity.
Kelly Green, state administrator in water infrastructure financing, says organizers are “looking forward to engaging a regional audience including policy and decision makers to discuss solutions on how to turn our challenges into opportunities.”
Poll finds most believe justices motivated by law, not politics
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of respondents to a new poll say U.S. Supreme Court justices base their decisions on the law rather than politics.
The Marquette University Law School poll released Monday found 64 percent of respondents said they believe the law, rather than politics, mostly motivates the justices’ decisions.
The survey also found that 71 percent of respondents favor fixed terms for justices. But 56 percent oppose increasing the number of justices on the court.
Both ideas have been offered as ways to address increasing polarization over the court’s makeup.
The law school interviewed 1,423 adults nationwide in September about their confidence in the court.
Wyoming man grows 1,491-pound pumpkin, breaks state record
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming officials say a Cheyenne man has grown a pumpkin that weighs in at 1,491 pounds , a new state record.
The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that Andy Corbin grew the gourd in his backyard.
For perspective, scientists say newborn elephants weigh about 200 pounds on average.
Corbin says the pumpkins he grows at his east Cheyenne home require a handmade tripod to move them.
He says his pumpkins require yearlong maintenance.
Corbin says he hopes to grow three pumpkins weighing more than 4,000 pounds combined.
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