- Judge dismisses Flint water crisis cases against ex-officials after Supreme Court ruling https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2022/10/04/flint-water-crisis-charges-dismissed-lyon-peeler-baird/69508869007/ 7 comments politics
- Battle Creek officer's 'Batman' disguise fails to add levity to neighborhood dispute https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2022/07/20/battle-creek-police-batman-mask-neighborhood-dispute-bedford-township/10103114002/ 11 comments nottheonion
- Are goats taking jobs from union workers? http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2017/07/06/goats-taking-jobs-union-workers/455237001/ 23 comments nottheonion
- Bill would allow religious punishment for vote http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/25/religious-punishment-vote-bill/99537690/ 3 comments politics
- Betsy DeVos: Fighter for kids or destroyer of public schools? http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2016/11/24/betsy-devos-fighter-kids-destroyer-public-schools/94399692/ 7 comments politics
- Former Michigan Republican Gov. Milliken endorses Clinton over Trump http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/politics/2016/08/08/former-gov-milliken-endorses-clinton-over-trump/88340600/ 8 comments politics
- Tribe now can prosecute non-Natives for domestic violence: "Non-Natives who are accused of committing domestic violence against their Native partner now can be tried by tribal court" http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2016/05/05/tribe-now-can-prosecute-non-natives-domestic-violence/83554052/ 5 comments politics
- Lawmaker pushes plan to restrict transgender bathroom use in Michigan: "That is despite the political and now potentially economic fallout after North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation prohibiting sexual orientation-based anti-discrimination protections." http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/04/10/lawmaker-pushes-plan-restrict-transgender-bathroom-use/82863172/ 119 comments politics
- Snyder apologizes before Congress for Flint crisis: "Not a day or night goes by that this tragedy doesn't weigh on my mind" http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/03/17/snyder-apologizes-congress-flint-crisis/81923580/ 14 comments politics
- Flint water e-mails written to stay secret: "Many of the e-mails display what appears to be an active effort by state employees to avoid disclosure of public records under FOIA." http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/03/13/flint-water-e-mails-written-stay-secret/81446450/ 22 comments politics
- Why the Dems fear Bernie; "Democratic losses at all other levels have been staggering: 69 House seats, 13 Senate seats, 910 state legislative seats, 30 state legislative chambers and 11 governorships. Democrats are at their weakest position in state capitols in nearly a century" http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/opinion/columnists/2016/02/21/dana-milbank-dems-fear-bernie/80634628/ 54 comments politics
- Kellogg Co. on Thursday reported a loss of $41 million in its fourth quarter http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2016/02/11/kellogg-reports-4q-loss/80222134/ 30 comments business
- Uninsured facing $695 minimum penalty after Jan. 31: "People who are still uninsured have less than two weeks left to enroll in health coverage to avoid financial penalties" http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2016/01/20/uninsured-facing-695-minimum-penalty-after-jan-31/79071310/ 79 comments politics
- New study out of Denmark says smoking pot could damage your semen quality http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/health/2015/08/30/marijuana-sperm-count/71417962/ 42 comments worldnews
- The ferocity of the opposition to the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan might be amusing were it not so reckless and deceptive. http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/opinion/editorials/2015/08/05/editorial-clean-power-plan-good-planet-health/31190345/ 7 comments politics
- "A proposed Michigan legislative resolution recognizing a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery is on hold because Republican leaders are uncomfortable with the language" http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2015/07/01/michigan-senators-spar-juneteenth-slavery-resolution/29595065/?hootpostid=b841de98921979a1488840d3cddd5943 3 comments politics
- Snyder signs bills targeting gay adoption in Michigan: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed a package of bills Thursday that will allow faith-based adoption groups in Michigan to refuse to serve same-sex or unmarried couples if doing so would violate the groups' religious belief http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2015/06/11/snyder-michigan-same-sex-adoption-religious/71070008/ 5 comments politics
- Michigan voters will be asked in May to approve increasing the sales tax from 6% to 7% to raise more than $1 billion more a year to fix Michigan's crumbling roads and bridges http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/michigan/2014/12/18/road-talks-resume-final-day-lame-duck/20580085/ 7 comments politics
- The Senate report on CIA interrogations of terrorism suspects disclosed that the agency destroyed videotapes of the interrogations after Sen. Carl Levin pushed for an independent investigation of the treatment of detainees http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/michigan/2014/12/10/cia-destroyed-interrogation-tapes-levin-sought-probe/20205395/ 3 comments politics
- Oregon to vote on pot legalization in Nov.: "Oregon voters will get to decide this November whether they want to legalize recreational marijuana for people 21 or older" http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/usatoday/article/13032385 399 comments politics
- Man trying to kill spider causes $60,000 house fire http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/usatoday/article/12724817 3 comments nottheonion
- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed laws exempting gun records from the state’s Freedom of Information Act http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/viewart/20140624/news/306240034/snyder-signs-laws-protecting-gun-owners-privacy 229 comments politics
- According to national data, Michigan has the sixth-highest state taxes on gasoline but one of the lowest rates of investment on roads in the nation http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20140523/news/305230008/why-michiganders-pay-among-highest-gas-taxes-drive-crummy-roads 6 comments politics
- Suspicion-based drug testing of welfare recipients would become the norm under a bill passed by the Michigan state Senate Thursday http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=2014303200013 419 comments politics
- An Indian court convicted five men Thursday for raping a photojournalist and a call-center operator last summer inside an abandoned textile mill in the financial hub of Mumbai http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/usatoday/article/6650689 9 comments worldnews
- McDonald’s workers in three states filed lawsuits against the fast-food chain last week, saying the company engages in a variety of illegal practices to avoid paying them what they’re owed http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/viewart/20140314/news/303140002/mcdonald-s-hit-by-lawsuits-over-worker-pay-3-states-including-michigan 28 comments business
- An attorney fighting the ban against gay marriage in Michigan suggested today that scientific beliefs evolve over time, as evidenced by the Salem witch trials and discredited notions that the world is flat http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20140306/news/303060003/attorney-cites-salem-witch-trials-during-testimony-michigan-same-sex-marriage-case 107 comments politics
- The Obama administration announced $1 billion in economic and energy aid to Ukraine on Tuesday, part of its emerging response to Russian military activity in Crimea http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/usatoday/article/6006759 9 comments worldnews
- Catholicism and women: There is no denying that the humble Pope Francis has changed some people's opinions of the Catholic Church for the better, but for many in the Western world, there's still the question of female equality in the Vatican. Namely, why can't women be priests, too? http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/usatoday/article/5832233 28 comments worldnews
- Pensions continue to grow for military brass: Top military brass will keep their specially boosted pensions despite the December budget deal that trimmed pension rates for other military retirees http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/usatoday/article/4359023 4 comments politics
- The state of Michigan is defending its rejection of an anti-war license plate, saying children riding in cars need to be protected from seeing "WAR SUX" http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/viewart/20131231/news01/312310035/michigan-says-children-need-protected-from-seeing-war-sux-license-plate 64 comments politics
- Congress should take judge's lead on NSA spying: "A federal judge this week found what many Americans knew intuitively: that the NSA's dragnet of cellular data is almost certainly unconstitutional. It's time that Congress acknowledges it as well and takes steps to rein in the surveillance agency." http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20131217/opinion01/312170037/editorial-congress-should-take-judge-s-lead-nsa-spying 154 comments politics
- Earth had its warmest November on record this year http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/usatoday/article/4052839 13 comments worldnews
- People born after rape urge Michigan abortion law passage http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/viewart/20131203/news/312030011/people-born-after-rape-urge-michigan-abortion-law-passage 6 comments politics
- Corporations can't have a religion, and they shouldn't be allowed to escape the birth control mandate on religious grounds http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20131130/opinion01/311300016 758 comments politics
- Italian Premier says NSA hasn't spied on Italian citizens http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/usatoday/article/3519299 3 comments worldnews
- "Syrian allies Iran and Russia are working together to prevent a Western military attack on Syria as Russia said it is sending warships to the Mediterranean, where U.S. ships are already in position." http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/usatoday/article/2726493 7 comments worldnews
- Wings owner, Ilitch, to have exclusive naming rights to new arean. Will we see another corporate name? http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/viewart/20130724/sports/307240021/red-wings-get-thumbs-up-arena-detroit 22 comments hockey
- Sniper kills Russian crime boss in Moscow http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/usatoday/article/1839185 172 comments worldnews
- Leak spews over 840,000 gallons of oil into Kalamazoo River [Video] http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20100727/news01/7270319/leak-spews-oil-into-kalamazoo-river 4 comments reddit.com